ATHENS, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Greece has culled approximately 9,000 animals following an outbreak of the small-ruminants plague (PPR). This action was part of efforts to contain the spread of the contagious and deadly viral disease, after inspections of over 230,000 goats and sheep on the mainland over the past week, Greek Agricultural Development and Food Minister Kostas Tsiaras said on Tuesday. "We are taking al