"They've brought equipment and riot police." Residents of a village in the Novosibirsk region are preventing the slaughter and burning of animals. Authorities insist there's a livestock epidemic.
Livestock is being burned en masse in the Novosibirsk region. Residents of the village of Kozikha have rebelled. blocked access for equipment.
"Today, they brought equipment to dig a burial ground, but the residents refused and are still holding out. The administration, the village head, the police, and the riot police came to the checkpoint. Now the same people are at a meeting at the Community Center, and some people are here, but so far there's been no new information," Natalya, a resident of Kozikhy, told NeMoskva.
The mass confiscation and burning of livestock in several districts of the region began last week in accordance with a governor's decree. In one video, a veterinarian explains A resident of the village of Gnedukhino was informed that an order to seize and destroy livestock due to an outbreak of a "particularly dangerous disease" was signed on March 4th. The employee never specified the specific disease. Villagers are recording their complaints: they don't understand how they will survive without their farms.
"We've been restricted from leaving our village; only one road remains open, the rest are blocked by snow. We won't let anyone burn healthy cows alive! Get blood and milk tests done, organize an examination... There's no work in the village, no production, we live purely on our farm!" they say people in the video.
Livestock is also being confiscated in the village of Novoklyuchi. A village resident recorded a video showing everyone in her farmstead is healthy, the cows are eating, drinking, and playing with each other.
"We can't understand why, if pasteurellosis is treatable, we're burning animals. Several people have had their animals burned in private farmsteads: pigs, cattle, and sheep," the woman says.
In the Ministry of Agriculture of the Novosibirsk Region Reported, that 42 rabies outbreaks and cases of pasteurellosis were identified in the region. This was attributed to heavy snowfalls, which caused wild animals to come closer to people in search of food and allegedly infected unvaccinated domestic animals. Farmers were liable for all the animals destroyed. promised Compensation, but the ministry's VKontakte page doesn't provide any information on the payment amounts. Similar outbreaks also occurred in the Omsk Region and the Zabaykalsky Krai.
"The localized outbreaks pose no danger to humans," the ministry added.
UPDATE: Village residents have secured a meeting with the administration – they were promised a meeting tomorrow afternoon. provide all documents regarding the confiscation of livestock, invite the head of the regional agricultural department, and discuss the amount of compensation for the livestock.
