Authorities in Alhaurin de la Torre have approved a wild boar hunt (batida) to address overpopulation of the species causing ...

BARCELONA/MADRID, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Spain's Catalonia region has pledged to curb its wild boar population, including by ramping up culls, after African swine fever was detected in several animals ...

Barcelona’s Institute for Research in Biomedicine says wild boar ASF virus strain not a match to 17 strains used in its lab.

A sign shows an infected area by the African swine fever virus, at Collserola Park, in Cerdanyola del Valles, on the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Nacho Doce ...

On December 11, 2025, the European edition of Nieuwe Oogst announced plans by the autonomous region of Catalonia in Spain to reduce the number of wild boars by 37% due to the outbreak of African swine ...

Spain's Catalonia region has pledged to curb its wild boar population, including by ramping up culls, after African swine was detected in several animals outside Barcelona in the country's first ...