Overview
- Catalonia will accelerate wild boar culls and broader population control after African swine fever was confirmed in nine animals in the Collserola area outside Barcelona.
- Officials say no domestic pig farms are infected, with holdings within roughly 20 kilometers under quarantine and testing that has so far returned negative results.
- A multiservice containment operation continues, with police, park rangers and 117 UME troops using drones, infrared searches, sniffer dogs, fencing and traps, supported by EU veterinary experts.
- Trade disruptions persist as about one-third of export certificates are suspended, while China and Britain allow shipments from unaffected regions and Spain negotiates similar regional arrangements with Canada.
- Investigators view contaminated food consumed by a boar as a likely introduction route, though unconfirmed, and authorities expect additional wild boar positives as searches expand.