Invasion of wild species
Addressing the problem of the invasion of wild species at a European level is of strategic importance from a social, economic and environmental point of view. This is what the president of Coldiretti Ettore Prandini states in his positive comment on the document presented by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Francesco Lollobrigida to the EU Council on the role of agriculture for the vitality of rural areas, in which the Commission is invited to follow up on the initiatives announced on the status of the wolf as a protected species.
A presence that has multiplied
A necessary intervention - states Coldiretti - to protect citizens but also to save the thousands of mauled sheep and goats, slaughtered cows and killed donkeys throughout the peninsula where the presence of the wolf has multiplied in recent years with the repetition of massacres on farms that forced the closure of businesses and the abandonment of the mountain.
Numbers to remember
The population of wolves is increasing sharply from north to south and is estimated by ISPRA - underlines Coldiretti - at around 3.300 specimens, 950 in the Alpine regions and almost 2.400 along the rest of the peninsula. The numbers seem to confirm that the wolf is no longer in danger. The real risk today is - Coldiretti reports - the disappearance of the presence of man in the mountains and inland areas due to the abandonment of thousands of families but also of many young people who have laboriously returned to restore the lost biodiversity with the recovery of the historic Italian breeds of cows, goats and sheep. For this reason, it is important that the role of the farmer in protecting the territory is recognised, including in his role as regulator of biodiversity" as envisaged by the Italian document signed by seven nations (source: Coldiretti).