Saving the bacon: rescuers seek to move 6,000 stranded pigs from flooded farm

More than 6,000 pigs trapped in flood water in central China have been offered new hope of rescue.

A rescue team from the Xishang Group, which operates a food and agricultural business in Anhui province, visited the farm in Shucheng county, Luan, on Tuesday morning to try to bring them to safety, Anhui News reported.

The pigs will die if they remain on the farm.

The animals have reportedly been trapped for more than 20 hours since Monday on the farm, which was flooded by a recent rainstorm in the region.