The mayor of Portoferraio, we believe with the noblest intention of safeguarding the economy of the entire pig livestock sector, took pen and paper and, as usual, immediately slipped onto the treacherous terrain of demagogy and animal rights fashion, hitting, first and foremost, not so much hunting but one of the sporting aspects connected to it such as hunting canine. According to the mayor of the first municipality by population and second by extension of theElba island, “… It was necessary and urgent to immediately adopt measures to control and prevent the disease in wild boars and to protection of reared pigs.
All this in order to avoid the provision of bans on the use of woods and paths, on foot or with pedal vehicles and, overall, of all the recreational activities that are carried out. outside built-up areas... "In simpler words:" Since we cannot prohibit trekking, mountain biking, mushroom hunting, etc., in the meantime, let's start by banning the canine"! Too bad that the mayor does not know that this terrible scourge of the ASF spreads, also and above all by trampling possibly infected soil, bringing home (and near pig farms) a virus that has the property of remaining active for a very long time.
Which is why, the danger of spreading the pathogen it's not so much the movement of animals but precisely the human frequentation of possibly infected places. Therefore, we would like to ask the dear mayor, to rethink the provision of him that, not only does it seem untimely since it is an island territory, but it is in any case unjustified and unjustly punitive against a single category of citizens (Source: National Free Hunting Association).