Pork industry wants 15m wild pigs killed to stop swine fever

Andrew Marshall
Updated November 2 2019 - 10:54am, first published October 29 2019 - 5:00pm
National feral pig hunt needed to reduce swine fever risk
National feral pig hunt needed to reduce swine fever risk

The pork industry wants Canberra to co-ordinate nationwide pig hunt to wipe out the 15 million-plus feral pigs posing a frightening risk to agricultural biosecurity as African swine fever sweeps towards Australia's northern doorstep.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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