Under a coordinated effort by the European Union to manage ASF, member states are required to draft plans to cull wild boar stocks with the aim of reducing population density to 0.5 animals per square kilometer. The wild boar population density ratio stands at 0.9 in Hungary at present, OMVV said.

The number of wild boar in Hungary was estimated to exceed 168,000 during the 2019-2020 hunting season.