The Department of Agriculture has confirmed the detection of 18 new wild boars testing positive for African Swine Fever (ASF). All animals were found within the six-kilometer radius established as a high-risk zone, centered around the initial case location in Cerdanyola del Vallès. This core area maintains all existing limitations, including the prohibition of access to forested areas, fields, and riverbeds.
Despite the new positive findings, the Government has decided to lift the restrictions that affected the radius between 6 and 20 kilometers from the high-risk zone. The Minister of Agriculture, Òscar Ordeig, announced that control efforts are being reinforced using drones to locate the animals during the night, capitalizing on their primarily nocturnal nature.
To intensify captures and determine whether the outbreak has entered the natural park, Collserola Park will be closed at night starting this Friday.
The nocturnal closure measure for Collserola Park affects nine municipalities. Additionally, access and group activities involving more than ten people are limited between 6 am and 10 pm. To date, all 103 wild boars that have died from the disease have been located exclusively within the high-restriction zone.
