Luxembourg Builds Fence to Keep ASF-Infected Wild Boars Out
AGWEB.COM – 26 March 2019 Luxembourg is stepping up efforts to keep African swine fever (ASF) out of its country’s pig herd by building a 5-mile border fence on its western border. The number of infected wild boars in Belgium has grown to 708 cases, according to the latest data from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Luxembourg to erect 8km border fence to keep out wild boar
LUXTIMES.LU – 20 March 2019 Luxembourg will erect an eight-kilometre border fence on its western border, as it steps up efforts to prevent the spread of swine flu from infected wild boar in Belgium.
The fence will be put up in the coming days and will run along the cycling route to the south of the town of Steinfort, the government announced on Wednesday.
The government said it was studying whether to introduce a “white zone” in the area for a “targeted” cull of boar.
It will also allow wild boar hunting to continue throughout the year in the forest located in a surveillance zone, which is bounded by the A6 and A4 motorways as well as the French and Belgian borders.
'Wild boar' pictured roaming streets of city centre at night
TELEGRAPH Police have released a picture of a what is believed to be a wild boar roaming the streets of a city centre at night. The animal has so far evaded capture after being spotted on CCTV in Gloucester on Tuesday. Gloucestershire Constabulary posted the image on Twitter, asking: “Have you lost a pig? One’s been roaming Westgate Street in Gloucester tonight.”
Wild boars are huge and vicious, German town learns after rampage
NEWSWEEK Two boars entered a bank in a small town in Germany on Friday morning and injured four people, according to the German Newspaper The Local. The damage: One person lost a section of his finger, one bank manager’s leg was injured and one of the boars died. Two other people were injured, and fire crews had to rescue people out the windows of a bank. One boar escaped into the forest. Another, which police tried to barricade in the bank, squeezed through the door and under a car. One of several hunters who had been called in to kill the boars shot the boar running from the bank. It died after one shot.
