Stock Photo - 22 October 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Korswandt: Till Backhaus (SPD, r), the Minister of Agriculture of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and the head of the Neu Pudagla forestry office, Felix Adolphi (l), is standing at the border between Poland and Germany at the new protective fence to guard against swine fever. A metal fence is to prevent wild boars from overflowing in the event of the spread of African swine fever (ASP) along the coast. The wild boar fence to protect against swine fever at the border to Poland is halfway finished in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. To prevent the introduction of the animal disease, which is widespread in Poland, the state is erecting the 62.5 kilometre long fence. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB. - Korswandt/Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania/Germany