In Russia, pig breeders from Mari El complained to the Rosselkhoznadzor about wild boars from the hunting farm

According to the applicants, it was the inaction of the authorities of the subject that ultimately led to the introduction of African swine fever into Mari El in the summer of 2021. The Rosselkhoznadzor has received an appeal from the staff of the SEC "Zvenigovsky" (the company's staff is 4.5 thousand people), on the farms of which 208 thousand heads of pigs are kept. Employees are concerned about the lack of effective measures to reduce the number of wild boar around the livestock complex by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Mari El. The pig complex borders on the lands of the forest fund, hunting farms, and since January 2021, more and more traces of wild boar have been recorded near the enterprise. During 2021, the cooperative sent requests to various authorities (the Government of the Republic, the Interregional Environmental Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic, the Administration of the municipal district) on the need ...