The authorities of the Walloon region in the south of Belgium banned forest walks to local residents because of the threat of spread of ASF (African swine fever), UNN reported referring to the statement of the regional minister of agriculture Renée Colen.
"Only those who search for and transport corpses of wild boars will be allowed to stay in the forest." Events and forest works are forbidden," he said.
It bears reminding that two cases of African swine fever (ASF) were recorded in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.
In this regard all relevant services were mobilized in France to prevent the virus from entering the border regions with Belgium.
It bears reminding that the ASF was first recorded in Bulgaria and China in August.
In Ukraine, however, the ASF has not ceased for five years. Last year on the territory of our state about 170 outbreaks of the disease were registered, in this year - about a hundred.
Losses borne by Ukrainian farmers due to the spread of the virus are estimated in billions of UAH.
Farmer public organizations accuse the authorities of inaction.
"The state does not conduct effective work on the depopulation of wild pigs, as, for example, it is done with our neighbors - Estonia or Latvia ... Once again, I appeal to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy to switch from words to deeds. In this situation, it is necessary to react as quickly as possible and implement the state strategy of overcoming ASF in Ukraine in the shortest time," the head of the Ukrainian Stock Breeders Iryna Palamar noted.
Лобіювання інтересів тваринників в органах виконавчої влади
Участь в науково-практичних заходах Асоціації із залученням європейських експертів світового рівня
Щотижневий огляд тенденцій та прогнозів розвитку тваринницької галузі