National Hog Farmer

Hunter training raises awareness of deadly wild boar disease

Detecting and controlling African swine fever in wildlife is critical for successfully controlling it in domestic pigs.
Yahoo

If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em: Fish & Wildlife wants you to hunt and eat invasive animals

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) is encouraging Americans to hunt and eat five invasive animal species. An article on the USFWS website supported the agency’s efforts to control the ...
Yahoo

A further state in Germany reports boar died of African Swine Fever

German officials confirmed the first case of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday, adding to the list of states where the virus has been identified. The ...
Reuters

Germany finds five new African swine fever cases in wild boar

HAMBURG, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Five more cases of African swine fever have been confirmed in wild boars in the eastern German region of Brandenburg, Germany’s federal agriculture ministry said on Friday.
Reuters

East German state quarantines zone around African swine fever find in wild boar

HAMBURG, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The east German state of Brandenburg, where a case of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in a wild boar on Thursday, said it will impose a 15-kilometre quarantine ...