EFSA PROBES WILD BOAR HUNTING AS SWINE FEVER CONTROL METHOD
March 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Commission and the Lithuanian government are considering backing significant hunting and trapping campaigns to reduce wild boar numbers in regions where these animals have contracted African Swine Fever.They have asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to investigate the idea, with Lithuania also asking for advice on using fencing and organised feeding to control boar movements.The probe comes as Russia continues to maintain its import ban of European Union (EU) pigmeat after wild boars in Lithuania and Poland were infected with African Swine ...
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