Not a little worry
Sheep, calves, ponies. The victims of wolves in Liguria can no longer even be counted. The territories, parks and municipalities involved in the hinterland are growing. And now the sightings are multiplying in the city too, causing considerable concern. Bye Liguria he thus decided to put politics and institutions in front of the emergency. And she showed up in the Region with a large delegation of more than 20 farmers and breeders at the meeting with the group leaders of all the political forces, with the Councilor for Agriculture, Alessandro Piana and the vice president of the Regional Council, Armando Sanna.
Significant predation
The numbers speak of over one predation per week. But the data should not be misleading. One predation can also mean 10 animals at once. And then very often farmers and breeders give up on reporting. Because in addition to the damage of losing their animals, they also suffer the incredible insult of not being able to receive any compensation if some "piece" of the animal is not found. And in that case having to face the cost of disposing of the carcasses, set at between 150 euros and 400 euros per head.
Specimens from France
“It is a constantly growing emergency where no one seems to have control of the situation in the territories - explains Stefano Roggerone, president of Cia Liguria, after the hearing in the Regional Council -. We have long asked the Region for a localized sampling that would lead to the movement of wolves to other areas of Italy. A measure to be combined with the sterilization of a part of the existing specimens in order to avoid further populations given that we are also in a region where wolves from France or other Apennine areas can converge".
Exponential growth
Today, Roggerone continues, “we also asked all the political forces for different monitoring. At the moment very low numbers are being given on the presence of wolves compared to reality. From the news and images of our companies it is clear that the number is rising dramatically. With a further effect that we have already seen with wild boars: wolves are also moving more and more in peri-urban areas. Don't they attack men? The statistics say so, but go and tell it to the parents who are used to leaving their children to play in apparently guarded green spaces." “We are risking that the wolf, in addition to creating incalculable years for agriculture, will soon become a problem of public order - concludes the director of Cia Liguria -. Today there was attention from politicians. But it's not enough. Solutions are needed. Urgent." (Source CIA).