Dead Scott County hogs to be cleaned up Saturday

Clean-up of the dead hogs found rotting in a Scott county barn will begin Saturday morning, Sheriff Rick Walter said Friday.

A company, who has requested that its name be withheld, has agreed to orchestrate the removal of the animal carcasses, and has reached an agreement with the property owners, Walter said.

The animals were discovered last week, and an exact cause of death is still unkown, though investigators believe that lack of food, water, and proper ventilation may be to blame, Walter said.