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In an effort to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF) from North Rhine-Westphalia to western and northern Hesse, the regional councils of Kassel and Gießen have issued new general decrees providing further legal protection for the construction of permanent and mobile electric fences along numerous roads in the border area with North Rhine-Westphalia. These fences will be erected in the districts of Waldeck-Frankenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, and Lahn-Dill. These sections are located in the immediate vicinity of the state border and are intended to prevent the disease from spreading from areas beyond the state border to North Rhine-Westphalia. These construction measures are part of Hesse's consistent efforts to protect against the contagious animal disease.
To ensure the quick erection of barriers, general decrees issued by regional councils stipulate that mobile or fixed protective fences may be erected and maintained permanently in a 500-meter corridor from defined rural roads. The affected federal, state, and county roads are listed in the orders. Property owners, authorized users (e.g., tenants), and other individuals must tolerate these measures in these narrowly defined areas to effectively combat the animal disease. Due to the acute danger, these regulations take effect immediately.
Meanwhile, the state continues to collaborate with affected districts to implement intensive measures to contain the outbreak. Over the past four weeks, search teams equipped with specially trained dogs and drones have been deployed to the border area with North Rhine-Westphalia to detect dead wild boars early on. A mobile decontamination station has also been set up in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district. So far, there have been no cases of ASF in northern Hesse.
July 24, 2025/ Hessian Ministry of Agriculture/ Germany.
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