SocietyRussia’s Irkutsk region culls livestock over alleged lumpy skin disease as farmers suspect foot-and-mouth

Authorities in Russia’s Irkutsk region are seizing and killing livestock over what they describe as a lumpy skin disease outbreak, while many farmers suspect foot-and-mouth disease. Residents accuse veterinarians of withholding test results and vaccination records, failing to change work clothes between farms, and leaving carcasses by roadsides before burning them near the Sarafanka River.

Irkutsk regionlivestock culllumpy skin diseasefoot-and-mouth disease

MMeduza★★★☆☆2026-09-15 16:39Original