Correct monitoring
A new census by ISPRA to ascertain more precisely the number of specimens present in the Lombardy regionThis information is essential for developing balanced and sustainable harvest plans. Lombardy Regional Councilor Michele Schiavi (FdI) gave a two-pronged response to the question time at the Pirellone building regarding wolf containment in the region. Both Gianluca Comazzi, Councilor for Land and Green Systems, and Alessandro Beduschi, Councilor for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry, reassured Councilor Schiavi of the Lombardy Region's commitment to implementing containment measures "based on accurate and detailed monitoring."
Question time
The question time aimed to stimulate coordinated action between the Regional Council and the central government to update the calculation criteria and, once the enabling law is definitively approved, urged concrete actions to increase the number of animals that can be contained, in light of the new European and national regulatory framework for the downgrading of wolves and the work carried out in the Regional Council by the "Large Carnivores" Working Group, coordinated by Councillor Giacomo Zamperini (FdI), President of the Special Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Mountain and Border Territories, Relations between Lombardy and the Swiss Confederation.
Active management
"The excessive presence of this predator has become unsustainable for the agricultural sector and for the safety of local populations," Schiavi emphasized. "Although the draft finally represents a move toward active containment management, we cannot allow the numbers to be determined based on outdated science. We urge the Lombardy Region, as Councilor Beduschi has consistently done in recent years, to advocate for an immediate review of the criteria at the State-Regions Conference, so as to achieve harvest thresholds proportionate to actual current censuses."
Waiting for approval
Pending final approval of the enabling law, the draft prepared by ISPRA has identified a harvest threshold, assigning a quota of one to two animals that can be killed annually for the Lombardy Region. "Local populations and trade associations await clear answers," Schiavi concluded. "Protecting biodiversity also means safeguarding the heroic work of our breeders and the balance of our human-driven ecosystems. Lombardy will be ready to manage this new phase, but we ask ISPRA to make decisions based on real and up-to-date data."
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