42-mile fence on border with Germany aims to protect pig farms from African swine feverThe United States isn’t the only country with a border wall controversy these days. However,Denmark’s planned 42-mile (70km) fence along the German border is intended to hold out not people but wild boars, which authorities say threaten to bring disease to Danish pig farms.
Construction on the fence was beginning on Monday along the northern edge of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Danish lawmakers and the country’s environmental agency approved the project final summer, and arguing it would help farmers protect their pigs against African swine fever (ASF).
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Source: theguardian.com