Strengthening controls and greater cooperation of all services involved It was decided today, Wednesday at a government meeting under the Vice -President of the Government, Kostis Hatzidakis with the aim of better coordinating and strict adherence to measures to deal with Popper of sheep and goats.

During the meeting, all the evidence was examined on the course of the Zoonoso and its evolution, especially in the last month, and it was decided to close the closer and daily cooperation of the Ministry of Education with the Hellenic Police and the DAOK to increase patrols and blocks in areas.

In this context, there will be a daily cooperation between the Ministry of Rural Development, the Ministry of Citizen Protection and the Regions, under the guidance of the Minister of Rural Development, Costas Tsiaras, and the Deputy Minister of State. Christos Kella.

Particular emphasis will be placed:

• In investigating complaints for hiding cases,
• In identifying cases of illegal killing of animals and unknown landfill, which helps to disseminate zoonoso,
• as well as illegal sheep and goats, especially during the afternoon and night hours, inside and outside surveillance zones.

Violators will face the strict penalties provided for by law.

It is recalled that the measures implemented are included in European Regulation 687/2020, and their faithful compliance is an obligation of all those related to this issue.

The government remains determined to exhaust any measures available to protect Greek livestock farming and overcoming the problem with the smallest potential of animal loss. At the same time, it will continue to support farmers, implementing the second phase of payments as soon as possible to compensate for animals that have been killed from April until today, as the necessary credits have already been secured.

Additional, The payment of producers for the purchase of feed is expected to begin immediately during the period when animals are in quarantinea.

The meeting was attended by the Minister and the Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food, Costas Tsiaras and Christos Kellas, the Secretaries of the Ministry, Spyros Protopsaltis, Antonis Filippis and Argiro Zervas, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Protection Union of Regions of Greece (ENPE).