Due to several cases of bird flu in wild birds in Vienna and Niederösterreich, stables are also mandatory in Carinthia from Monday. A disaster for many companies.
According to the Carinthian Chamber of Agriculture, some cornerstones have already been laid, even if the official regulation on compulsory stables will not be published until Monday: This time, smaller farms will also be affected by the compulsory stables. This is valid from 50 animals.
Increased risk of bird flu
Geographically, the stable requirement includes areas with an increased risk of bird flu, ie along rivers and around larger lakes. In practice, the regulation will probably be extended to those areas that were already subject to the residence obligation in the past, even if no case is known there. These are mainly parts of the districts of Wolfsberg, Völkermarkt, St. Veit, Feldkirchen and the regions around Klagenfurt and Villach.
The Obereder family in Gnesau is relaxed about the measures. “On our organic farm we have always had spacious stables with winter gardens, which we can close off. The laying hens also have material to keep busy in the greenhouses and can continue to live almost as they would outside,” emphasizes Alexander Obereder.
“A disaster for animals”
Poultry farms, where the chickens live outside almost exclusively and are only housed in small huts at night, are having a harder time. “We only have 200 old chickens that are allowed to grow old with us. If we have to lock them up now, it will be a disaster for the animals,” explains Alexandra Schnögl from Pubersdorf.
Source: Krone
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