Approximately 20,000 crocodiles are slaughtered every month in the country for consumption of their meat, and the number continues to increase.

In Thailand, due to the unabated African plague, as a result of which pigs die en masse on farms, the price of pork is growing rapidly, as a result, local residents began to massively switch to crocodile meat.

APnews reports this with reference to the American magazine Vice. According to the publication, about 20,000 crocodiles are killed every month in Thailand for eating its meat. At the same time, the number continues to increase.

In Thailand, due to a sharp jump in the price of pork, people are switching to crocodile meat

As one of the owners of crocodile farms said, one animal can produce about 12 kilograms of meat. However, the most delicious and salable part of it is the upper part of the tail. It can be compared to pork or beef tenderloin. Although the taste of crocodile meat is more like chicken.

“Due to the fact that pork is expensive, more people began to eat crocodile meat, which is much cheaper and tastier. It is also low in fat and high in protein,” said one of the farmers.

It is worth noting that African swine fever has been reported in many parts of the world, resulting in the death of 6.7 million pigs since 2018 and a sharp rise in the price of pork. In Asia, the disease has hit China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos particularly hard.

Now a kilogram of pork costs about 6 dollars (about 170 hryvnias), while the wholesale price of crocodile meat is 2 dollars, and the retail price is 3 dollars (about 56-85 hryvnias).

Earlier, APnews reported that consumer prices in Ukraine increased by 0.6% in December 2021, compared with the month of November. In general, prices increased by 10% last year.

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