Catches of rabbits and minilepri are underway to reduce the population in the Alto Milanese Park which insists on the territory of Busto Arsizio, Castellanza and Legnano. The hunters will track down the lagomorphs via ferrets, capture them and take them to areas outside the WFP, from which they will radiate to places where it is possible to hunt during the hunting season. Animal rights activists are opposed (but without solutions…) «the PAM in words he declares that he wants to dialogue with animal welfare associations, in reality everything has already been decided for some time.
If WFP had really wanted to hear from us, they would have called us at least in September, not a week before the start of the catch ». WFP wildlife consultant Carlo Lombardi came to the immediate conclusion that there are no alternatives to the sampling of the lagomorphs, simply stating that such methods (fences in particular) are not applicable.
Not even the harm reduction proposal, i.e. the indication of release areas by animal welfare associations and not on the part of the hunters it was accepted: «Lombardi indicated as desirable the areas that can be hunted in such a way that the population of rabbits and minilepers is" controlled "». The Alto Milanese Park continues in the good work and reorganization of the control of the species found within it with the collaboration of PAM, the Municipalities of Busto Arsizio, Castellanza and Legnano, the Province of Varese and the Metropolitan City of Milan and the Lombardy Region "(source: Italhunt).