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Russia proposes to abandon animal burial grounds

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Published Jun 28, 2022

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All places of burial of animals are going to be taken into account in a special register. And they can ban making new animal burial grounds altogether. In addition, they are going to strengthen the control of farmers who breed livestock so that they cannot arrange spontaneous animal cemeteries, polluting the environment and creating the risk of outbreaks of dangerous infections. Such a bill, developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, was published on the portal of draft regulations of the Government.

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All animal burial sites are going to be taken into account in a special register. And they can generally prohibit making new cattle burial grounds. In addition, they are going to strengthen the control of farmers who breed livestock so that they cannot arrange spontaneous animal cemeteries, polluting the environment and creating the risk of outbreaks of dangerous infections. Such a bill, developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, was published on the portal of draft regulations of the Government. According to the Rosselkhoznadzor, as of June 21, several outbreaks of diseases among animals were recorded in Russia. For example, African swine fever was found in 27 places: wild animals were infected in 18 of them, and domestic animals were infected in nine. The problem has not yet been resolved in ten places, and in three of them the quarantine has been in effect since 2021. In addition, there were 12 outbreaks of avian influenza, which eliminated half of the living creatures, and one ...
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