Pigs to be culled at a farm infected with African swine fever in Paju, a South Korean city near the country’s border with North Korea.Credit: Yelim LEE/AFP/Getty
Snipers in South Korea target boars with deadly virus
South Korea has mobilized military snipers and drones along the demilitarized zone between itself and North Korea to stave off wild boars carrying African swine fever.
Cases of the highly contagious and lethal virus in pigs started to appear in South Korea last month. Authorities there have confirmed 15 cases in wild boars and 14 in domestic pigs on farms near the border with North Korea. There is no vaccine or treatment for the virus.
The nation has culled more than 150,000 pigs so far to contain the spread, says the agriculture ministry. The defence ministry says it has mobilized civilian teams of hunters, as well as military snipers, to…
