Overview
- The Generalitat confirmed an infected wild boar carcass inside Barcelona, triggering an expanded high‑risk perimeter that now covers the entire city and 18 surrounding municipalities.
- Public access to Collserola’s natural areas is halted without a set end date, with exceptions for residents, schools, select businesses and Tibidabo via paved routes under sanitation protocols.
- Officials report 227 ASF‑positive wild boar to date, with no commercial pig farms infected as containment remains focused on preventing spillover into livestock.
- Agentes Rurales plan intensified captures and culling of up to about 12,000 boar within 20 km of the outbreak, targeting densities at or below one animal per square kilometer.
- Operations are scaling up with more traps, drones, canine units, mobile incinerators and disinfection plants, alongside enforcement of restrictions and public guidance to avoid natural areas, report carcasses and never feed boar.