Pig toilet

A pig toilet (sometimes called a "pig sty latrine") is a simple type of toilet consisting of an outhouse mounted over a pig sty with a chute or hole connecting the two.^[1] The pigs consume the faeces of the users of the toilet.

A fuuru (pig toilet) in early 20th century Okinawa

They are found in the Indian state of Goa, and are waning in popularity.^[2] The subsequent use of the pigs for food carries a significant risk for human health.^[3]

Green glazed toilet with pigsty model. China, Eastern Han dynasty 25 - 220 CE.

Pig toilets were once common in rural China, where a single Chinese ideogram signifies both "pigsty" and "privy".^[4] Funerary models of pig toilets from the Han dynasty (206 BC to AD 220) prove that it was an ancient custom.^[5] These arrangements have been strongly discouraged by the Chinese authorities in recent years;^[6] although as late as 2005, they could still be found in remote northern provinces.^[7] Chinese influence may have been the origin of the use of pig toilets in Okinawa before World War II.^[8]

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