Aziz-Galal’s statement
The Agence France-Presse also presents a firsthand account of the pig farmers’ views by interviewing Ayman Saed, a Batn el-Baqar resident whose entire herd of livestock was confiscated by the Egyptian government since the enacting of the cull. Saed conveyed to the Agence France-Presse that he had received absolutely nothing in return for his confiscated livestock although the government said that the farmers would be adequately compensated. It is his statement that the government health officials did not give him anything, but instead, the “riot police came and government workers came and took the pigs.