US EditionSpain plans wild boar cull amid swine fever outbreak that hit exports
Catalonia targets wild boar population after African swine fever detected, with 7 deaths confirmed; Spain’s pork exports worth €3.5 billion face risks, officials said.
- On Dec 2, Catalan regional leader Salvador Illa pledged to ramp up wild boar culls after African swine fever, saying `We have activated and intensified this task, contacting all hunting associations.`
- Last week, the outbreak was first detected in two wild boars in the Collserola mountain range outside Barcelona, with seven more boars confirmed dead, and officials suspect a truck driver brought contaminated food.
- There are about 1,000 wild boar in the Collserola mountain range with density reductions achieved in part through past culls, and the virus is harmless to humans though no farms are affected so far.
- Spain's pork industry faces threats to about €3.5 billion in annual exports, while the Spanish government works to secure export certificates as China and Britain accept pork from unaffected regions.
- Spanish officials said they expect more positive cases as Salvador Illa and regional authorities have intensified measures and contacted hunting associations to reduce wild boar numbers.
17 Articles
17 Articles
The population of wild boars has increased in Spain by more than a million in just three decades: of the 200,000 recorded in 1990 it has reached 1.3 million in 2024. This increase of 550% has resulted in an overpopulation of these mammals, responsible for the outbreak of swine fever in Barcelona that has put the entire Spanish sector in check, according to the Coordinator of Farmers' and Livestock Organizations (COAG). "This is not an accident, …
Spain plans wild boar cull amid swine fever outbreak that hit exports
Spain's Catalonia region has pledged to curb its wild boar population, including by ramping up culls, after African swine fever was detected in several animals outside Barcelona in the country's first outbreak since 1994.
Catalonia faces an end of the year in vilo. Since two wild boar bodies were found last Wednesday in Bellaterra (Barcelona) and later it was confirmed that they had died as a result of the African swine fever, the alarms throughout the region have not stopped ringing. On Monday the Military Emergency Unit (UME) had to deploy in the autonomous community before the scenario that the disease spreads wide and reached the cattle ranches. On Tuesday, t…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 57% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
