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Tuesday,
August 21,
2007, #159 (1426)
Cases of African swine fever, the devastating viral disease which swept through Georgian pigs early this summer, have cropped up in the secessionist region of Abkhazia. De facto authorities there were quick to blame Georgia for the outbreak, claiming the virus spread to Abkhazia from Tbilisi-controlled upper Kodori Gorge. Separatist representatives allege Georgians intentionally threw dead, infected pigs into the Enguri River, the de facto boundary between secessionist-controlled and Tbilisi-controlled territory. De facto Abkhaz veterinary service head Erik Anshba says every pig in eastern Abkhazia needs to be put down. Russian veterinary experts, he adds, are in the region to follow the situation. "It'll be
very difficult for us to deal with the problem without help from international
organizations and Russian colleagues," Anshba said. |
Abkhazia
blames Georgia for African swine fever outbreak