Livestock to be culled after second swine fever case in a month


THE government has ordered the culling of almost two thousand pigs after confirming a second case of African swine fever (ASF) in a month.

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) on Thursday said it planned to cull around 1,900 pigs from one herd today after the virus was discovered at a local pig farm.

Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.


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