The governor of the Kaliningrad region, Anton Alikhanov, called on April 25 at an operational meeting of the regional government to hunt wild boars before the spread of African swine fever (ASF), the online publication New Kaliningrad reports.
Alikhanov called on the heads of administrations to pay attention to the African swine fever situation. He remembered that “Several more objects were found in the Bagrationovsky district and other areas”. The governor asked the veterinary service to quickly address the situation and prepare all documents.
“I ask my colleagues from the Ministry of Agriculture, from the municipalities and from the Ministry of Natural Resources to intensify this work now, while our ears, so to speak, have not yet sprouted, while we still have the opportunity to shoot, using different techniques and capabilities.”Alikhanov said.
The governor demanded that special attention be paid to Gusev and Zelenogradsk. In particular, Alikhanov referred to the Curonian Spit and noted that it is necessary “do something.”
“Something needs to be done about this huge volume of animals that have now been bred there. Well, that’s simply impossible. From there they leave in flocks, in the Zelenograd region they swim, cross, graze, come and go. I understand everything, but they are doing some kind of sanitary shooting, something else, I don’t know. Something needs to be done about this. “We will not be able to contain this situation if uncontrolled reproduction continues.”“, emphasized the governor.
Alikhanov also highlighted the need to install near pig farms. “vacuum of wild boars” zone. He warned of potential billion-dollar losses and pork shortages if African swine fever spreads.
Recall that on April 10, in the Polessky district of the Kaliningrad region, on the territory of the hunting farm “Club of Hunters and Fishermen “Man and Fauna””, corpses of wild boars infected with African swine fever were found. On April 22, dead wild boars were found on the territory of the Hunting Club that bears his name. Shlyka EV” in the Bagrationovsky district.
On April 22, the Minister of Natural Resources of the Kaliningrad Region, Oleg Stupin, signed an order to regulate the amount of hunting resources. According to the order, it is allowed to kill 411 wild boars in the region without restrictions on sex and age. The need for regulation is justified by the excess livestock density in one thousand hectares, as well as by the need to guarantee the elimination of 100% of the wild boar population around large pig breeding companies in a 30 km buffer zone. Wide.
Source: Rossa Primavera

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