Concrete opportunity
Take advantage of the opportunities offered by the call for tenders Piedmont region The call for proposals, expiring on March 31, 2026, will fund wildlife protection efforts to strengthen prevention and improve the coexistence of agriculture, livestock, and wild animals. This is the appeal launched by Marco Bozzolo, president of Cia-Agricoltori Italiani of Cuneo, who urges local farms to carefully evaluate the regional measure. "This call for proposals offers concrete and interesting opportunities to improve the coexistence of agricultural activities and wild fauna," Bozzolo stated, "and it goes in the right direction: preventive protection, reducing the need for compensation for predation."
The poor efficiency of the mechanism
According to Bozzolo, the compensation system has clear limitations: "Today we are faced with an inefficient mechanism, burdened by delays and bureaucratic burdens that often discourage farmers from applying. In many cases, farmers even refuse to report the damage suffered, resulting in distorted predation statistics, which appear lower than reality." Bozzolo calls for a thorough overhaul: "The compensation system fails to take into account the value of agricultural labor and the lost earnings caused by wildlife attacks. It needs to be radically reformed, and at the same time, prevention must be strongly incentivized." The regional call for proposals, expiring at the end of March, provides particularly significant support, with 100% funding of eligible expenses in the form of a capital grant.
Eligible expenses
Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to, the construction of fixed or mobile fences, including electric ones, to protect animals during nighttime shelter, the construction of micro-housing units for staff tending grazing animals, the purchase of livestock guarding dogs, and the installation of acoustic or light deterrent systems to prevent intruders from wildlife. The minimum eligible expenditure is €500 per beneficiary, while the maximum is €20.000 for each investment operation; each entity may submit only one application for aid. Eligible entities are individual farmers or groups, consortia, other public or private land managers, and collective entities, including beneficiaries of cooperative projects that include entities meeting the required requirements. "We encourage agricultural companies to seize this opportunity," Bozzolo concludes, "because investing in prevention today means reducing conflicts, protecting farmers' jobs, and building a more sustainable balance between production activities and the presence of wildlife in the area." (Source: CIA Cuneo)
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We must hold on and never give up because this is what they want, that is, a decrease in the number of practitioners... but we are certainly also hit by friendly fire so there is no way out.