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Valencian Government to Pay Hunters €40 Per Wild Boar in Swine Fever Prevention Drive

Officials present the push as a preventive step to shield the region’s pork sector.

Overview

  • The Consell will bring a decree-law to its next plenary to formalize the plan, channeling payments through hunting reserves.
  • The campaign targets the removal of 50,000 wild boars in the coming months across more than 300 municipalities, prioritizing areas near roads and pig farms.
  • More than 200 wild boars have tested negative, and authorities say the Valencian Community is currently free of African swine fever.
  • The government is increasing the modernization subsidy line to €9 million to help roughly 900 pig farms strengthen biosecurity.
  • Officials say €6 million is reserved for per-capture payments, carcass collection and treatment, with the public company Vaersa involved and traps to be deployed where needed.