A strong discussion on the contents of the new has opened up for a few days Piano Lupo, recently elaborated by Ministry of the Environment and deposited for the attention of the State - Regions Conference. To the satisfaction expressed by the animal rights activists and by some exponents of the National Environmental Associations, we can only respond with our clear opposition and dissatisfaction with a measure that continues to pursue the wrong path. Despite the growing unease and strong criticalities which are multiplying in the territories due to coexistence between wolves, breeding and human activities, the Ministry continues to pursue an ultra - conservative line for the species, avoiding taking the path of management.
Now the word goes to the Regions and the discussion, given the positions on the field, cannot help but be conditioned by the strong opposition registered within the majority of the yellow-green government. Indeed, it is not a mystery clash between Cinquestelle and Lega, and it will be equally important to understand how the opposition forces will move on this delicate matter in the Regions and in Parliament. What is certain is that some positions that emerged at the recent conference promoted in Rome by Ispra prevailed. compared to that part of the scientific and institutional world which, on the basis of the data and experiences gained also in other European countries, posed the need for a change of pace, introducing the possibility of activating actions to guarantee the management and control of the species.
But the troubles don't seem to end there! Other threatening arrows have also left the Minister of the Environment. This time the focus is on hunters, and in particular against the teams for hunting driven boar. A clear attack on the practice of hunting in pursuit for the negative and disturbing effects it could have on wolf populations. The Plan seems to contain a strict regulation in which, according to Ispra indications, in sensitive areas such as sites Natura 2000 network and the contiguous areas adjacent to the National and Regional Parks within 24 months of the adoption of the Plan. For a Region like Tuscany this would mean reducing, or perhaps even inhibiting hunting wild boar in hunt over an extension of approximately 56.800 hectares of contiguous areas and over 330.000 hectares in the Natura 2000 sites (SIC, SIR and SPA) today only partially banned from hunting.
The repercussions would be devastating for this form of hunting, but above all for the management of a problematic species such as the wild boar which today, thanks to the teams and the hunted, records annual sampling plans of about 70 thousand animals killed on average. What does the Tuscany Region think of all this? What does Councilor Remaschi and the council intend to do to defend a hunting tradition still practiced today by thousands of enthusiasts? What are the assessments and positions of the political forces and the initiatives they will take to prevent such a dangerous design? The election campaign is in full swing and everywhere meetings and discussions take place with candidates and alignments. Wherever we will be able to participate there Confederation of Tuscan Hunters (Federcaccia Toscana, ANUU, ARCT and EPS) will bring this and other topics on which it will judge the work of politics!