Obvious difficulties
Living with wolves continues to become increasingly difficult. In recent days, for those who have been careful to observe and consider, two cases of attack, including one against a child, have hit the news. On July 9th, in Arrone, in the Valnerina valley near Terni, a four-year-old girl was attacked and dragged for a while; her screams prompted her family to intervene, and the wolf let go. In the previous days, the presence of "confident wolves" had already been reported near homes.
The most alarming episodes
On July 18th, in Ombricciano di Camaiore, a wolf entered the unfenced garden of a house and preyed on a 7-year-old mixed-breed dog, which was found eaten the next day. A 2-year-old boy had been playing with the dog nearby until recently. On July 23rd, the Mayor of Grosio, Pini, denounced the unbearable situation for the animals that live there, particularly goats and sheep. Until now, these animals were taken to the high mountains in April for grazing and brought back down to the valley at the end of October, contributing through their grazing to biodiversity and the cleanliness of the slopes.
Waivers
It seems to us that, despite not having any particular problems, the perspective of those who, from the cities, continue to shout "long live the wolf!" is different from that of those who, thankfully, still live in rural areas. Indeed, these residents of Grosio, in Valtellina, for the most part keep a few dozen animals as a family and until now had had no problems, maintaining their passion and even supplementing their income. Now they're all giving up because they know how many animals they take to the mountains but have absolutely no idea how many they'll be able to return with, and clearly some form of paltry compensation isn't going to solve the problems.
Dark figures
Mayor Pini wonders, and asks the authorities, whether they intend to leave the mountains to the wolves while simultaneously driving people away. Despite everything—and we could write pages of stories—no one knows how many wolves there are in our territories, how many there will be in the near future, how many could actually coexist, and who is responsible for any harm, including to people. And now that Europe, with the approval of the INFS, believes the species should at least be removed from the list of "specially protected" wild animals, there's the usual uproar from animal rights activists. Hunters, let's be clear, have no interest in harvesting wolves; moreover, they don't even intend to do so because they believe the public should eventually assume responsibility for regulating their populations (source: Federcaccia Brescia – Cacciapensieri).
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