Denmark completes contentious fence along German border
02.12.2019
The fence is meant to prevent wild boar from spreading swine fever to Denmark's lucrative pork industry. But critics say it won't work and is a symbolic gesture.
Denmark on Monday completed a controversial fence along the border with Germany to protect its giant pork industry from wild boar that could carry African swine fever.
Around 5,000 pig farms export 28 million pigs annually, accounting for half of Danish agricultural exports and 5% of all exports, according to the Danish Agriculture and Food Council.

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