COAG laments that the "plague" of wild boars "erases" the effort of livestock in biosecurity.

The agricultural organization COAG has lamented that the "plague" of wild boars has "erased the effort" that the livestock industry is making in terms of biosecurity to prevent cases like the African Swine Fever, which has reappeared in Spain. This organization has assured that Spanish farmers have invested "more than 200,000 euros per farm in biosecurity" and are "the safest in Europe" although now they are "hostages of uncontrolled wildlife." COAG has denounced that the different administrations "have allowed the wild boar population to grow by 550% in 30 years without effective control measures while the pork sector has been spending millions of euros complying with regulations." The peri-urban areas of Barcelona reach densities "of up to 15 wild boars per square kilometer when the sustainable European average is 2-4 specimens and preventive plans were never activated despite a decade of warnings of PPA in Europe." The organization has called on the Government and the ...