Preyed specimens to be analyzed
Not only infected wild boars. Liguria, in addition to new cases of African swine fever, has to deal with wolves, so much so that the Regional Council has just approved a very unusual motion. It's an initiative by the League party that aims to leverage the healthcare system to collect DNA samples from these animals for genetic analysis. In short, the wolves will be examined to determine whether the DNA present is that of a wolf or not. Sandro Garibaldi, deputy regional group leader for the League in Liguria, presented the motion.
The note from the League
This is the same Northern League representative who was attacked and injured by a wolf near his home two weeks ago. Doubts about whether it was a real wolf prompted the motion to be formulated, thus eliminating any doubts. This is the League's statement:The nature of these animals is not yet known with scientific certainty: whether they are wolves, wild dogs, or hybrids, and how many of them belong to one category or the other. Therefore, having DNA samples is useful for obtaining a scientific database, which can then be used to potentially intervene by capturing and removing the wolves, or by culling them in the case of hybrids.".
Pets
Among other things, the motion requires the Region to draw up a compensation table for predation and any damage caused by the species, with the possibility of including pets (dogs and cats, for example, are the most common examples) to ensure the compensation is proportionate to the actual damage.
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