Warning poster. Source: FSVO
Warning poster. Source: FSVO - African swine fever is now dangerously close to Switzerland. To protect wild and domestic pigs from the deadly animal disease, we humans must be careful when handling food waste. A new research study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL shows where this is particularly necessary. "Attention! Swine fever in Europe. Food leftovers only in waste bins - protect wild pigs from dangerous swine fever." Such warning posters can be found at several Swiss motorway rest areas and fireplaces. With good reason: If we humans do not carefully dispose food waste, we become the most dangerous factor in the transmission of African swine fever.
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