500,000 pigs were slaughtered in Cuba to prevent an epidemic in 1971.

Evidence

Six weeks later, an outbreak of the disease forced the slaughter of 500,000 pigs to prevent a nationwide animal epidemic. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 118

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 118