Russia has banned the construction of new cattle burial grounds

The State Duma immediately adopted in the second and third readings a bill prohibiting the construction of new cattle burial grounds on Russian territory. It is published on the website of the Duma system for supporting legislative activity (SOZD). It notes that such a measure will ensure biological safety and prevent the spread of diseases of farm animals, including those dangerous to humans. The bill was proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture in early autumn. According to him, there are about 14 thousand cattle burial grounds in the country today, of which 46 percent are operational. The ministry also noted that the law does not define uniform conditions for the maintenance of these facilities. During the discussion of the bill in the first reading, Deputy Head of the Ministry Maxim Uvaidov recalled that the country has a procedure adopted back in the Soviet years, according to which individual regions have their own rules. Such inconsistencies can cause harm to people’s lives ...