Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia’s threat came as she met mayors of towns and a city where the Department of Agriculture (DA) – Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has detected African Swine Fever (ASF).
CEBU, Philippines – Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia warned on Tuesday, March 21, that she would take legal action against government officials who implement culling and color-coding of African Swine Fever-marked areas in the province.
Aside from independently administered Cebu City, the municipalities of Liloan, Sibonga, Tuburan, and Bogo City also have ASF cases. “The depopulation policy is recognized worldwide as the most logical and tested means to contain the virus in the affected area,” said their statementCebu has a P11-billion hog-raising industry, one of the biggest in the Visayas.
The governor directed the police to defend the hogs in the province “from measures implemented by the BAI”.NO HOG-CULLING. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia presides over a consultative meeting on the guidelines and protocols on ASF response at the Cebu Provincial Capitol in Cebu City on March 21, 2023. Jacqueline Hernandez/Rappler
Central Visayas DA Chief Angel Enriquez, Department of Health in Central Visayas Regional Director Jaime Bernadas, and Department of the Interior and Local Government Central Visayas Head Leocadio Trovela earlier expressed support for the governor’s course of action.
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