Russia's Novosibirsk region declares cattle disease emergency as culls spark farmer protests
The Straits Times
MOSCOW, March 17 - Russia's Siberian Novosibirsk region has declared a state of emergency to tackle a cattle disease outbreak after weeks of forced removals for culling triggered protests by small farmers who say the measures threatened their livelihoods. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW, March 17 - Russia's Siberian Novosibirsk region has declared a state of emergency to tackle a cattle disease outbreak after weeks of forced removals for culling triggered protests by small farmers who say the measures threatened their livelihoods.
State news agency TASS quoted the region's agriculture minister, Andrei Shindelov, as saying the emergency would allow "for effective coordination of actions and the containment of the movement of animals and animal products."
Officials said they had identified five outbreaks of pasteurellosis--a severe bacterial pneumonia--and 42 of rabies in the region from where farm animals were being removed.
Media reports and social media posts showed thousands of cows and other cattle being burned to contain the diseases, with villagers confronting police and officials to resist seizure of their cattle.
FARMER WASN'T HOME WHEN ANIMALS WERE TAKEN
In one video, Svetlana Panina, a local farmer from the village of Novoklyuchi, chases Shindelov through the corridors of a local administration building, saying she would soon not be able to eat or pay her bills.
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