Residents of villages in the Novosibirsk region are writing a collective appeal to the prosecutor's office regarding plans to destroy livestock.

Residents of several villages in the Ordynsky District of the Novosibirsk Region went today to the prosecutor's office and the Investigative Committee in Novosibirsk to file a collective complaint against the confiscation and destruction of their livestock. They also recorded a new video message to Putin and the head of the Investigative Committee. In Novosibirsk, handed Police summonses: reports were drawn up regarding participation in an unauthorized public event. 

"There's also a police presence at the entrance to Kozikha today. My parents and ten other villagers went to the prosecutor's office—in Novosibirsk, there's no point in going to Ordynskaya. They say the Investigative Committee has opened an investigation, but there's nothing about it on the official website, and no one has come to our village. While the equipment that was supposed to dig the burial site hasn't arrived yet, my parents have been joined by residents of Berezovka, Pichuga, Verkh-Chika, and other villages. Tomorrow, we're expecting Oleg Orel, head of the Ordynsky District, to arrive in Kozikha," a local resident told NeMoskva.

The situation has sparked a conflict between villagers and authorities over the quarantine and planned livestock culling. Livestock are the primary source of income for local residents, so their removal could deprive families of their livelihoods. 

According to local residents, burning cattle in villages Have begun Last week, quarantines were imposed in populated areas, and travel outside the villages was restricted. Some residents reported being unable to sell milk and other produce.

"They won't let me into the market with milk, saying it's an unknown disease. But I have no documents, nothing. I have a family, a disabled child with cerebral palsy. We have loans. If they take the cows out, that's it, we're homeless," a Kozikh resident says in a video message.

Regional authorities stated The quarantine was imposed due to an outbreak of pasteurellosis and rabies. They claim that heavy snowfall could have allowed wild animals to reach populated areas and infect livestock. However, residents claim that the animals were not tested for pasteurellosis and that they did not observe any signs of rabies. The documents, they say, also do not specify the specific disease.

Kommersant's sources in the agricultural market suggest The mass culling of livestock may not be caused by pasteurellosis, but by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. They believe the disease could have been imported from northern Kazakhstan or transmitted by wild animals. The Novosibirsk Region Ministry of Agriculture previously denied this information.

"Pasteurellosis isn't particularly dangerous and doesn't require significant slaughter, while foot-and-mouth disease carries serious risks," one source told Kommersant.