According to local media reports, the most serious situation has developed in the Golyshmanovsky District, where the first cases of the disease were recorded in early August.
Sanitary checkpoints involving police have been set up in the district, and the transport of pork out of the area has been banned. Pigs from private households are being seized for subsequent destruction.
At the same time, the regional veterinary authority has refused to identify the disease, citing restricted access to the relevant information. In the absence of an official diagnosis, local farmers suspect that the outbreak may be African swine fever, although this has not been confirmed.
Farm owners who refuse to surrender their pigs for destruction face fines of up to RUB 35,000.
Farmers complain that they are losing one of their main sources of income, while the amount of compensation promised by the authorities has not yet been disclosed.
Similar cases of large-scale livestock culling have already been reported in other regions in 2026, including Novosibirsk Region.
Separately, reports have indicated that up to 90,000 cattle may have been culled in Siberian villages since February, with farmers’ losses estimated at around $20 million.
PigUA.info, based on materials from ua.news