The Government follows with concern the outbreak of sheep pox in the province of Granada, Spain

GRANADA, Oct. 24 (EUROPA PRESS) - The delegate of the Government of Spain in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, pointed out this Monday that the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food "is following with great concern" the outbreak of Sheep-Goat Pox that affects the province of Granada and that it is forcing to sacrifice "a very important number of heads", which is "assuming a tragedy for the ranchers". To questions from journalists in relation to this matter, which keeps thousands of sheep immobilized on farms to stop outbreaks, and about the articulation of possible aid, Pedro Fernández recalled that "in the first place it is the Junta de Andalucía" who has the immediate competence to "try to help", but has clarified that the Ministry is in "permanent" contact with the Andalusian Ministry of Agriculture and "pending" for the moment in which it is necessary to collaborate "in everything that it can within the scope of its powers". Pedro Fernández has stressed that it is a "very ...