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News & Current Events Apr 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM

Spanish officials cull thousands of wild boars to protect pork industry from swine fever threat

Posted by CalpurniaSomaya

Spain's pork industry seeks salvation from swine fever threat
www.bbc.com
Spain's pork industry seeks salvation from swine fever threat
Countries around the world, including the US, have already stopped imports over the outbreak.
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Wurm42 Apr 8, 2026 +8
Kill the boars! Anything to save the Jamón ibérico!
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Informal_Witness3869 Apr 8, 2026 +4
Why is there always a lab close to outbreaks ground zero? It's never the reason, but it's always there
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Gaminedes7 Apr 9, 2026 +21
Same reason seismic monitoring centers are near fault lines
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theguy1336 Apr 8, 2026 -1
And no one is allowed to investigate it
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wildidyll Apr 9, 2026 +4
Sad
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skefmeister Apr 9, 2026 -8
Sad? Have you ever seen wild boars lmao rhey’re f****** invasive breed like nothing else destroy everything they can carry parasites attack everything they can. In Texas you can hire a helicopter tour with a machine gun to go hunt them with your buddies. There’s hundreds of thousands of them not giving a f*** destroying everything
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ForgingIron Apr 9, 2026 +8
They're invasive in the US but not in Spain
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radaway Apr 9, 2026 +4
Yeah but healthy adult boars have basically no natural predators in the Iberian peninsula and they are a very serious pest if they're not culled regularly.
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Gold-Strength3255 Apr 9, 2026 -3
Europe still has wildlife? 🧐
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Coco_Cannibal Apr 9, 2026 -1
Not for any longer now ... 
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Mrhnhrm Apr 9, 2026 +2
Like the rest of the planet, really.
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