Denmark has begun work on a DKK30m (1.2bn), 70km long, five foot-high fence along its border with Germany. The fence, authorised in June 2018, is aimed at preventing wild boar infected with African swine fever from entering the country where there are 215 pigs to every 100 inhabitants. Last year, Danish authorities warned that its pork exports to non-EU countries, worth around worth DKK11bn, were at risk from the disease, which poses no risk to humans, but can be deadly to domestic and wild boars.
Denmark has begun work on a DKK30m ($4.6m), 70km long, five foot-high fence along its border with Germany. The fence, authorised in June 2018, is aimed at preventing wild boar infected with African swine fever from entering the country where there are 215 pigs to every 100 inhabitants. Last year, Danish authorities warned that its pork exports to non-EU countries, worth around worth DKK11bn, were at risk from the disease, which poses no risk to humans, but can be deadly to domestic and wild boars.