Orion
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It's in German but illustrates how seriously they are taking the approach of African Swine Fever on the German/Poland border area.
"The dreaded African swine fever is getting closer to Germany from Poland. The mass shooting of wild boars should prevent the disease from spreading to us. But can the hunters even afford that? We accompany Waidmänner near the German-Polish border in their fight against the Wühlschnauzen: Fire from all pipes - hunters in stress.
Never before has the outbreak of an animal epidemic in Germany been as dreaded as that of African swine fever (ASP). Agriculture threatens billions of dollars. What could be more appropriate than to fight energetically the alleged main transmitter of the epidemic - the wild boar? 70, preferably 90 percent of the animals are to be shot in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by hunters. Because in neighboring Poland the ASP has already arrived.
Hans-Martin Fröhlich and Jörg Espig are hunters on the island of Usedom. There is even a shooting bonus for wild boar. The animals change almost daily from Poland across the border. A special threat. Therefore, the two farmers have a particular ambition to kill as many black smocks as possible and stop the outbreak of the disease. But this brings them to the limits of their ability to withstand stress these days: they are working day and night against the plague. During the day they are active in hunts in which the pigs are driven by dogs to the hunters. At night, in the moonlight, they sit in the pulpit hour after hour to take a flock under fire. They barely come to work, even sacrificing their free time. And the families are already grumbling.
The two have been fighting the sows since the summer, when raiders devastated their cornfields. The hunters are also successful with their tireless efforts and shoot a witch. But how should they kill the required 70 percent of perhaps 500 wild boars in their region? Because the more you hunt, the more shy the cunning animals become. They are also barely catching with new traps."
"The dreaded African swine fever is getting closer to Germany from Poland. The mass shooting of wild boars should prevent the disease from spreading to us. But can the hunters even afford that? We accompany Waidmänner near the German-Polish border in their fight against the Wühlschnauzen: Fire from all pipes - hunters in stress.
Never before has the outbreak of an animal epidemic in Germany been as dreaded as that of African swine fever (ASP). Agriculture threatens billions of dollars. What could be more appropriate than to fight energetically the alleged main transmitter of the epidemic - the wild boar? 70, preferably 90 percent of the animals are to be shot in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern by hunters. Because in neighboring Poland the ASP has already arrived.
Hans-Martin Fröhlich and Jörg Espig are hunters on the island of Usedom. There is even a shooting bonus for wild boar. The animals change almost daily from Poland across the border. A special threat. Therefore, the two farmers have a particular ambition to kill as many black smocks as possible and stop the outbreak of the disease. But this brings them to the limits of their ability to withstand stress these days: they are working day and night against the plague. During the day they are active in hunts in which the pigs are driven by dogs to the hunters. At night, in the moonlight, they sit in the pulpit hour after hour to take a flock under fire. They barely come to work, even sacrificing their free time. And the families are already grumbling.
The two have been fighting the sows since the summer, when raiders devastated their cornfields. The hunters are also successful with their tireless efforts and shoot a witch. But how should they kill the required 70 percent of perhaps 500 wild boars in their region? Because the more you hunt, the more shy the cunning animals become. They are also barely catching with new traps."
