PORK LIFEInside Cambodian farm rearing ‘grotesque’ mutant muscle pigs and selling the sperm to other farmers for breeding The frightening snaps of the colossal ripped hogs are thought to have been taken in the north-west province of Banteay Meanchey

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Inside Cambodian farm rearing ‘grotesque’ mutant muscle pigs and selling the sperm to other farmers for breeding

The frightening snaps of the colossal ripped hogs are thought to have been taken in the north-west province of Banteay Meanchey

The Sun | 29 September 2017

SHOCKING images have emerged showing inside a farm breeding “grotesque” mutant pigs with “double muscle”.

The frightening snaps of the colossal rippling hogs are thought to have been taken in Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia.

These images claim to show a Cambodian farm breeding giant muscly pigs

Images of the colossal muscle-bound animals are thought to have been taken in Cambodia

Some of the animals appear to have enormous swollen testicles

Other pics show male pigs with enormous testicles – some of which protrude behind their bodies as their legs are seemingly too big to let them hang normally.

The man who took the photos shared them on Facebook – offering to sell the sperm along with artificial insemination kits to other farmers for breeding.

He also shared video footage of the muscle-bound animals squealing as they fight over food.

Another clip shows one of the little beasts waddling along as a farmer walks behind it urging it on.

The animal appears too muscly to even walk properly as it struggles to toddle through the farm.

Animal-lovers reacted with a mixture of horror and fury after viewing the images online.

Animals lovers reacted with fury after seeing pictures of the 'grotesque' pigs

The Facebook page sharing the pics also offers to sell sperm and artificial insemination kits for others to breed the pigs

One wrote: “This is grotesque! Obviously bred like this. Are there no laws to stop this sort of thing. Ugh!”

Another called the images “unbelievably disgusting”.

And a third commented: “What the f*** is this nightmare!!!!???”

Animal rights organisation Peta also blasted the “disturbing” images of the “double-muscled” animals.

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Bacon butties ...the impressive muscle tone of the super-sized pig

Mutant ...one of the pigs greedily gobbles up his dinner

It said: “Hulk-like pigs are the stuff of nightmares, not meals, and those who are genetically engineered are also likely to be born with painful health issues.”

It earlier emerged that scientists in South Korea had been breeding gigantic genetically modified pigs similar to those in today’s images to produce more meat.

Jin-Soo Kim, a biologist at Seoul National University who led the project, told science journal Nature by altering the genes you can quickly create the perfect pig for slaughter.

He said: “We could do this through breeding. But then it would take decades.”

XI-JUN YIN

These pigs are the ones developed during the South Korean study

SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Pork life ... these South Korean pigs from 2015 were created to yield more meat

Speaking in 2015, Kim said he eventually hoped to export the genetically modified pig sperm abroad for breeding.

It is not clear if the pigs on the farm in Cambodia are the same breed as those created in South Korea.

A similar effect can be produced by cross-breeding animals, although this process takes many years.

Sun Online has contacted Kim and Seoul National University for comment.