Denmark Is Building a Border Wall to Keep Boars Away Amid Swine Fever Fears
Denmark began construction Monday morning on a 42-mile border fence designed to keep out wild boar from neighboring Germany.
The government chose to erect the barrier amid fears that African swine fever is spreading across Europe, it said in a statement. An outbreak of the disease, which is highly contagious, has no cure and is fatal to pigs, was recorded in nearby Belgium in late 2018.
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The fence will be five feet tall, designed to allow larger animals such as deer to jump over it. The government says the project, which will be completed in fall 2019 and is expected to cost $12 million, is “common sense.”
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