African swine fever is spreading rapidly in Europe and has reached the Polish-German border. It is a viral disease with high losses in wild and domestic pigs. An outbreak in Germany means considerable restrictions with serious economic losses for the affected farm, trade in domestic pigs and hunting.
In order to keep dead wild boars safe and thus prevent the disease from spreading further, the district has set up a total of three holding facilities in Ludwigsburg, Großbottwar and Vaihingen on the grounds of the road maintenance depots. The new facilities meet the current standards for the control and containment of African swine fever and consist of a prefabricated garage equipped with a cold storage cell and appropriate hygiene facilities.
All three holding facilities are now operational. Hunters are given access authorization by their gamekeeper and can therefore deliver dead animals at any time, even outside the operating hours of the road maintenance depots.
It is not possible for private individuals to deliver dead pets. The small animal carcass collection points in Ludwigsburg, Ditzingen, Vaihingen and Marbach are still available for this purpose.
