ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by introducing the concept of political ecology and discusses the rationale for the governing institutions to implement the License Buy Back Scheme (LBBS). it also argues that the LBBS was depoliticized and neutralized by rhetorically emphasizing the pig farmers willingness and the Code of Practices will further strangle the pig farming industry and force farmers to give up their licenses. In the LBBS, the governing institutions problematized and constructed pigs as the hosts of contagious pig to human diseases. The chapter also examines the perceptions of the Deputy Director and veterinarians of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, legislative council members, and the general public of the LBBS will be presented. Through the lens of political ecology, this study critically rethinks the phenomenon of voluntary surrender of pig farmers licenses and shows how the image of the voluntary is prejudicially constructed by the governing institutions.
