The government will step up He hunts wild boars To prevent the spread of African swine fever. That’s how he explained it PAGSUS Federationwhich called for rapid and coordinated action by the Catalan executive authority contain infection He held a meeting with the state in which livestock breeders, hunters and businessmen participated.
At the aforementioned meeting, the government has since confirmed this Same as this Sunday We’ll start with this strategy Raids will be carried outTo increase their effectiveness on this occasion, the participation of these raids was expanded to include the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Civil Guard and the Generalitat de Rural agents.
The hunt will be conducted at Collserola Parkthe mountain system that surrounds the city of Barcelona, i.e. the general state Access to this park is closed. To try to stop a disease that does not affect humans but is fatal to pigs and such It has not been discovered in Spain for more than 30 years
Since the first cases of wild boars killed by African swine fever were discovered, it has now become so six– The government confirms Restrictions In a radius of 6 kilometers, it affects 12 municipalities, and another in a radius of 20 kilometers affects 64 municipalities. Furthermore, the Barcelona Provincial Council ordered the closure of three natural parks that depend on its management.
Concern in this sector is great. The Ministry of Agriculture maintains measures to immobilize animals on 39 farms in the region, the export of which is prohibited during the next 12 months. In addition, a third of the more than 400 pork export certificates have been crippled. To 44 countries out of hundreds sold by Spain. Which affects countries such as Mexico, Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia.