Officials from the Krasnodar Krai Region in southern Russia declare a state of emergency on Sunday, August 7, 2011 after 50 pigs died from the highly contagious and lethal African swine fever.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/08/08/Emergency-declared-over-swine-fever/UPI-43171312777089/
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110807/165607481.html