In taking additional, more drastic measures, to deal with smallpox of sheep and goats proceeds to Ministry of Rural Development and Food.

As the Athenian – Macedonian News Agency said in the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, the main reason for the spread of the zoonoso is its relaxed treatment by the regions of the country but also the failure to comply with European protocols and by the farmers themselves.

At the same time, they did not hide their concern about outbreaks in the next period, at least on “papers”.

And this is because some breeders who have declared more than the breeding animals in the IACS, with the aim of obtaining further reinforcements from OPEKEPE by taking into account the high allowances given by the Ministry of Rural Development and Food for the animals that are killed, will seek to “stuck” their animals.

It is worth noting that this, of course, taking into account that to date the allowances were paid on the basis of the declared animals in IACS.

However, according to what the same executives have said in RES-EIA, the YPATA is now changing regular and by order of the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Costas Tsiara, will undergo cross-checks by receiving data from both the IACS and ELGA, while counting all the animals.

This move will be accompanied by political reservation for the implementation of the measures by the ministry and further activation of the control services of both the Ministry of Environment and Physical Police.

The application of cross -checks has already yielded fruits, most notably the farmer’s case by Tyrnavos, who, while reporting about 4,000 animals, recorded only 1,500.

The case, as the same executives emphasized, was sent to the prosecutor, a road to follow other similar cases.

In addition, as the YPATA officials said, the political leadership in cases where the offenses of deception, hiding and dispersal of the disease are determined, is determined to move a judicial procedure.

It goes without saying that those who are referred to justice will not receive any compensation until their case is finalized. Indeed, as the same sources said in RES – EIA, there will be a relevant legislative provision to cover the specific moves of the ministry.

In the case of the “dispersal of the disease”, cases such as the illegal movement of herds or feed within the surveillance zones are also included, as was the case with a farmer to Sofades of Karditsa, who was arrested to carry, within the surveillance zone, without the relevant surveillance zone. In similar cases in Xanthi, DAOK imposed fines of up to 6,000 euros, in four cases.

At present, the controls and tightening of the measures will focus on three regions, where the situation seems to be particularly problematic: Thessaly, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace and Western Greece.

In these regions, they are expected to move in the coming days and government steps to oversee the implementation of the measures taken.