hello and welcome to focus on europe with me lara babalola a single case could bring the pork industry to a grinding halt and cost billions of euros in losses health authorities in eastern europe are trying to fight the spread of african swine fever and are taking drastic measures to do so sometimes even against the will of the farmers.

hello and welcome to focus on europe with me lara babalola a single case could bring the pork industry to a grinding halt and cost billions of euros in losses health authorities in eastern europe are trying to fight the spread of african swine fever and are taking drastic measures to do so sometimes even against the will of the farmers it's just one animal is infected the whole herd will be culled. well the virus has yet to reach germany but farmers here are very nervous and that's because infected animals have been confirmed just a few kilometers away from the border in poland and so the hunt for wild boars in that region is on a warning for our viewers this report contains graphic images of dead animals. court block and bag there is hunting wild boar in germany's east. these hunters in the door for some 80 kilometers from the polish border are calling the boar they're seen as a danger potential carriers of african swine fever which is harmless to humans but an existential threat to pig farming. but even these hunters know that alone probably won't be enough to prevent the spread of t