SEOUL (Bernama): South Korea's military has ordered border-guarding troops to shoot on sight wild pigs crossing the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas as part of efforts to prevent the spread of African swine flu, Yonhap news agency reported, quoting a government source on Friday (Oct 4).
The measure came after traces of the infectious animal virus were found in a dead wild boar inside the DMZ, some 1.4km north of the DMZ's southern boundary, earlier this week.
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