In Rome, there has been a huge population of wild boars, trampling towards the Vatican, and forcing traffic to a halt.
Some people regard them as urban decay, with many others feeling like they are just adorable little pigs to others. However, there have been a few plans to get rid of these trash eaters.
Recently, more issues arose about how the wild boar could spread African swine fever to other commercially raised pigs. African swine fever may not affect humans and pets, but pigs have a 98% death rate upon contracting it. Some countries like China have imposed import bans on Italian pork, for fear of their own pigs contracting it.
The government now wants to cut the boar population in half, in an effort to keep the disease away.
Anglo Ferrari, an expert that the government has assigned to address this boar crisis, believes that this disease will only be stopped if there is a “strong reduction of the [boar] population.” In areas where the virus had already started spreading, licensed hunters have already put down 3,500 boars.
Around these areas, the risk of the pigs getting infected is extremely high but the true danger is of the northern farms, the ones where the farms are truly massive.
However, there are still activists preaching for the boars’ protection, that they should just sterilize the boars and that murder should be a last choice.
Some people regard them as urban decay, with many others feeling like they are just adorable little pigs to others. However, there have been a few plans to get rid of these trash eaters.
Recently, more issues arose about how the wild boar could spread African swine fever to other commercially raised pigs. African swine fever may not affect humans and pets, but pigs have a 98% death rate upon contracting it. Some countries like China have imposed import bans on Italian pork, for fear of their own pigs contracting it.
The government now wants to cut the boar population in half, in an effort to keep the disease away.
Anglo Ferrari, an expert that the government has assigned to address this boar crisis, believes that this disease will only be stopped if there is a “strong reduction of the [boar] population.” In areas where the virus had already started spreading, licensed hunters have already put down 3,500 boars.
Around these areas, the risk of the pigs getting infected is extremely high but the true danger is of the northern farms, the ones where the farms are truly massive.
However, there are still activists preaching for the boars’ protection, that they should just sterilize the boars and that murder should be a last choice.
