"This used to be a paradise of life,"
"People here, when they had bad harvests, fed themselves with what nature provided. Hunting, fish, frogs."
"a sewage treatment plant."
Residents in Galicia experience persistent foul odors, unsafe drinking water, and environmental decline caused by concentrated pig and chicken farming. Pig population in A Limia outnumbers people by an estimated 100,000 to one, with each pig producing about two tons of urine and feces annually. That waste is high in nitrates, leading to runoff that has killed fish and frogs, contaminated wells, and turned the Lima River into something resembling a sewage treatment plant. A local farmer-activist has campaigned against improper dumping. In July 2025 residents, backed by scientists and lawyers, won a regional court case recognizing livestock pollution and human-rights harms, a first in Europe that could set a legal precedent and prompt national-level reform through the European Court of Human Rights.
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