Spanish court orders cleanup of Galician pig farm pollution in landmark ruling


  • World
  • Saturday, 12 Jul 2025

MADRID (Reuters) -The top court in Spain's northwestern Galicia region has ordered that authorities stamp out pollution linked to intensive pig farming in a landmark case highlighting decades-long environmental mismanagement, a court document showed on Friday.

Spain, Europe’s largest pork producer, houses about a third of its pig farms in Galicia.

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