Galicia calls for aid for the replacement of animals due to compulsory slaughter

The Official Journal of Galicia (DOG) has announced an order for aids for cattle, sheep, and goat farmers affected by mandatory slaughter due to disease eradication programs, valid for 2025. The aid includes complementary compensation and aid for replacing animals. These aids are designed for owners of these farms who have had their entire census slaughtered or destroyed preventively due to disease suspicions or confirmations. Additionally, owners can receive aid for purchasing replacement animals due to various disease-related reasons, including official vaccination programs. The aid amounts range from 50 to 500 euros per animal, with a 10% bonus possible. The application deadline is November 28, 2025.

On January 17, the Official Journal of Galicia (DOG) published the Order establishing the regulatory bases for the granting of complementary compensation aid and aid for the replacement of animals on cattle, sheep and goat farms, as a result of the mandatory slaughter of livestock in execution of official disease eradication programs, and is called for the year 2025. This order will regulate, within these aids, two procedures that correspond to two periods of time in the aids: a) Complementary compensation aids on cattle, sheep and goat farms: vacuum period and b) Complementary compensation aids on cattle, sheep and goat farms: post-authorization period for reintroduction. The beneficiaries of the complementary compensation aid for census profits may be natural persons and legal entities and entities without legal personality that are owners of bovine, ovine and caprine farms in which the entire census has been slaughtered or destroyed preventively, due to reasons of suspicion ...