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Podlasie is so far the only province where the virus has African swine fever in feral pigs (90 cases), there was also three outbreaks of the virus in pigs.
to fight the ASF, minister agriculture decided to killing been eviscerated sanitary 40 thousand. wild boars in an area with a width of 50 km along the border with Belarus and Ukraine. It includes a total of 312 municipalities, of which 78 covered by the restrictions in connection with the ASF (outside national parks).
Regulation of the Minister on this issue was published in February. It assumes a reduction in the population of wild boar, so that one square kilometer was the most half-wild. On the shooting is allocated several million zł. Hunting facility is an additional culling, hunting beyond current plans.
Deputy Governor Podlaski Jan Zabielski stressed that the problem of ASF applies to wild boar, through which the virus spreads, and so the main goal is to reduce the number of these animals. “This is a big problem, a social problem. Farmers have a problem with selling the pig” – said deputy. He appealed to the wild have been reduced not only in the odstrzałów sanitation, but also in the context of the current plans for hunting, because only then can “get the effect.”
Board member of the province Stefan Krajewski reminded that Podlasie struggling with the problem of ASF in two years and the solution to these issues is “very important”, because they are such. Signals that plants that have declared the purchase of cattle from farmers they do not want to do it, and the farmers of the area with restrictions forgo breeding.
Krajewski said that in the Podlasie shooting facility takes place in 12 counties, though not in all municipalities. He added that it is already known that hunting will not be conducted in all circuits hunting, because they are such where the boar is an understatement.
Provincial veterinarian Henry Grabowski said that in Podlasie in the context of the killing of sanitation is to be culled more than 1.78 thousand. wild boar, the most – 427 in the district of Bialystok. So far shot off approx. 40 wild boars.
– It’s not a large amount, but the hunting season has only just started April 1 – said Grabowski. He added that in Podlasie is contained a total of 77 contracts for 77 hunting districts where hunting facility is mandatory. Explained that these circuits, where he is currently more than half a boar per square km. There is also a further 207 contracts for the optional – not mandatory – odstrzały sanitation in other circuits where wild boars less (0.3-0.4 boar per square km).
The head of the Bialystok district Polish Hunting Association Jarosław Zukowski said that the wild boars in the region is generally less due to intense odstrzałów conducted two years.
According to the data of the Regional Directorate of State Forests in Białystok winter inventory of animals that feral pig population has decreased significantly. Currently wild boars in the region is approx. 12.5 thousand. For comparison, he said that hunting season 2015-2016 was 15.4 thousand.
Most of wild boar – 21.6 thousand. recorded in the 2014-2015 season. Wawrzyniak said that in the last season, shot off in the framework of plans for hunting 18.4 thousand. wild boar – it was the same in the 2014-2015 season. On average, Podlasie, in 2015. Per square km accounted for 0.6 boar, now the average dropped to 0.4. The plan for the current hunting season – in the region of Podlasie (RDSF Bialystok covers the part of the Warmia and Mazury-PAP) involves shooting 12.1 thousand. wild boar, and their number is estimated at 10.1 thousand.
huntsman circle in Polish Hunting Association in Bialystok, Suwalki and Lomza reported that total in their area during the last hunting season ended March 31, shot off a total of nearly 9, 5 thousand. wild boars, including 470 for the money aside specifically for this purpose by the provincial government of Podlasie. Hunting circles paid a total of more than 1.3 million zł compensation for the damage done to crops by wild.
Hunting with sanitary criticized – even in the last days – the Civic Platform. PO politicians appealed to the Minister of Agriculture Christopher Jurgiel to halt the killing, they announced the preparation of a motion of censure against him. They explained, inter alia, that the hunting of wild boars will not affect the possibility of reducing the spread of ASF, because in place of culled boars will migrate other, and shooting could lead to the extermination of wild boars.
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