African swine fever is a disease. It is dangerous to pigs. In a month, 17,000 pigs have died.
The government wants to help pig farmers. The state will pay for the dead pigs. It is important that the disease does not harm the industry.
The state will buy wild boar meat. It will be turned into canned food. Canned food will be used for the defense forces and for Ukraine.
Wild boars must be hunted more. Abundant wild boars spread the disease. There are too many wild boars. Their number needs to be reduced.
The government will form a task force. The task force will seek solutions against the disease. It is important that wild boars do not come near farms.
Currently, African swine fever has spread across Estonia.