«After months of raiding the mouflons, which are transforming the towns of Sant'Andrea, La Zanca, Patresi, Colle d'Orano in a trench scenario, the incursions of the boars they are completing the work of destruction undisturbed and with incredible violence ». Thus the citizenship and associations of Sant'Andrea and the neighboring hamlets (La Zanca, Maciarello, Patresi and Colle d'Orano), atElba island, denounce the ungulate emergency on the slopes of the Capanne where these animals "now settled inside the villages, and no longer returning to the mountains, they are no longer shot down by the teams of selectors because they are too close to the houses ».
In 140 they signed a letter addressed to the Tuscany Region and the Province of Livorno asking for urgent interventions. "The area - we read - has an economy aimed at environmental tourism and pathways, being partially inside the Park, but the usability and safety of the paths is compromised due to the damage caused by ungulates ». The letter underlines how wild boars and mouflons are "eliminating all the flora of the undergrowth", as they have caused "irreversible damage such as the destruction of thousands of meters of dry stone walls which represent the historical testimony of our territory "and how" endanger road safety ".
In addition, the petitioners argue that “the high number of animals present could trigger a health emergency in the area". For this reason, they ask for "an inspection of the responsible" of the Region and Province to "formulate a program of specific interventions to secure the population and the territory", as well as "the facilitation of damage reimbursement procedures and the allocation of funds to be able to secure gardens and properties "(The Tyrrhenian Sea).