The LAV legal office is available to those who have adopted pigs that are now at risk of being killed due to swine fever in Liguria
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Let's go back to talking about the situation of pigs in Liguria which, even if healthy, and therefore not affected by African swine fever, should be killed by law. However, LAV has announced that it has made its legal department available to assist those who have adopted pigs who are now at risk of slaughter.
The absurd ordinance of the Liguria Region which, to curb the advance of swine fever, also provides for the killing of healthy pigs is extremely cruel and has obviously sparked a series of controversies.
Various animal welfare organizations are working in various ways to stop the slaughter of pigs. We told you, for example, about Vitadacani and the Network of Sanctuaries who invited everyone to join a mail-bombing. Read also: Swine fever: let's stop the slaughter of healthy pigs in Liguria! Domestic ones will also be killed
LAV, on the other hand, has already announced an appeal to the Regional Administrative Court to ask for the immediate suspension of this unjustified as well as cruel order. Read also: In Liguria they will also kill (healthy) pigs kept at home and in shelters
LAV itself has decided to make its own available legal department to assist adopters of pigs which should now be culled. The service is available to people who reside in infected areas declared by the Ministry of Health and have received orders to kill their animal.
In fact, the ordinance, as the LAV reminds us, provides for the slaughter of pigs found in wild, semi-wild, mixed and even family farms:
Unfortunately, these definitions also include animals legitimately held by many citizens who have chosen to live with a swine (Vietnamese, Thai and other pigs).
All these people can write to the email ufficioolegale@lav.com reporting the problem, they will then be contacted for precise information on how to protect their animals.
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Posted by LAV on Friday, January 21, 2022
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