Lin Sfattoria degli last is not a farm for the food trade but a refuge, a shelter for suidae (wild boars and pigs) in difficulty whose meat will never end up on anyone’s tables. S.i finds, it is true, inside in the so-called red zone, decreed to counter the African swine fever that has begun to spread in Rome. But none of the animals present at the Sfattoria are infected.
For this reason, the killing of the animals it hosts and which could soon take place is, according to animal rights activists and others, a useless slaughter.
The mobilization for the exhaustion of the last
Great has been the last few days mobilization to avoid the killing of the animals hosted by the Sfattoria of the last: more than 224 thousand people have signed a petition on Change.org presented by the managers of the Sfattoria degli Ultimi, who in the meantime have appealed against the order.
Some environmental and animal welfare associations, such as Lav (Anti Vivisection League) have sided with them ensuring legal representation. And hundreds of people from different parts of Italy visited the Sfattoria as a sign of solidarity.
Many remained, sleeping in tents, to participate in the bad adventure of these unfortunate animals, without guilt and without viruses.
The appeal of Tullio Solenghi and Paola Turci
Common people but also famous names, from Tullio Solenghi to Isabella Santacroce, by the rapper Young Signorino to Paola Turci, they joined in an appeal to the institutions, and to the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri and the governor of the Region Nicola Zingaretti in particular, to give up the killing.
After recourse to the TAR of the Sfattoria of the last ones, the court confirmed the abatement measure, suspending it however until September 14, the day of a hearing in which the matter will be investigated. The Association will be able to keep only two sick pigs while the ASL, says the TAR, is required “to monitor the health status of the other pigs already seized and sent for prophylaxis, evaluating their current and effective danger and, if necessary, providing for killing “.
What is African swine fever
African swine fever is an endemic disease in sub-Saharan Africa. A new strain has spread in Europe since 2007, detected between Liguria and Piedmont for the first time in Januaryor. Since there is no cure, on farms affected by swine fever the most effective solution is killing of infected pigs to limit the spread of the virus.
The red zone in Rome
In Rome, the first case was recorded at the beginning of May: the “red zone” established to contain the infection included a territory north-west of the city. In the red zone, still in force, it was decided to “plan the slaughter of animals on pig farms both commercial and family ”and the organization of events and gatherings in agricultural and rural areas was prohibited.
But the Sfattoria degli last is not a breeding and has no infections
The Sfattoria degli Ultimi is located within this red zone but should not be included in these abatements because it is not a farm. Suidae hosted they are animals defined as “affectionate”: it is in fact a sort of independent shelter for animals that are sick that they are picked up from the street and rescued from critical health conditions or obvious difficulties (there are many abandoned puppiesfor instance).
To cope with the emergency, however, the Ministry of Health has also established a standard for “affectionate” suidae, namely that no more than two can be kept in the same establishment, and that they must be avoided in every way that they reproduce. This is why the ASL culling order provides that only two of the approximately 140 animals can continue to live in the structure.
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