According to recommendations from the relevant interdepartmental group on 10 square kilometres need to stay a boar. Based on this goal, and a plan of shooting, which at the end of January was made on 82%. The hunters worked for 19 million hours. The total cost amounted to 692 million zlotys (about € 160 million).

At the same time many farmers, and himself agricultural Minister Krzysztof Yurgel, demanding the dissolution of the Polish Union of hunters because of its inefficiency, contributing to the further promotion of Achs. In addition to the lack of pace of the shooting of the hunters was charged with failure to comply with Biosafety: critics argue that the remnants of blood and tissue shot sick animals are transferred to the farm on clothing and shoes, leading to infection of domestic pigs.

The representatives of the hunting associations, for their part, indicate that people are making every effort in 2013. For example, just last year, was shot 360 thousand heads. In the Polish Union no posts, and hunting for wild boars is carried out in their spare time, so, according to hunters, anti-epizootic shooting carries a social function.

The conflict between farmers and hunters have evolved over the years. The bone of contention four years ago was a matter of assessing the damage caused to commercial animals, and compensation. Farmers have repeatedly complained that, by law, for payments it was necessary to refer to the hunting unions, which are not always adequately evaluated the damage. In the result of mass protests of the farmers made the transfer of authority to assess the independent commissions.

The lack of pace of shooting has also come under criticism for pig farmers for several years. Despite the 1.5 million killed in three years of wild boars, the farmers are constantly demanding to intensify the shooting. Figures are not console - only this year in Poland recorded 1324 of ASF outbreaks among wild pigs.