Management, not a taboo
Finally, politics—real politics, not the kind that has been held hostage by the most intolerant animalist ideology for at least thirty years—has managed to send a strong signal. A signal that even in Italy the word "management" is no longer considered taboo. Our thanks, the thanks of all hunters but also of all breeders and farmers, are addressed not to any one politician in particular (and so we won't name any, also because we know them all well by now) but to the entire government and to those who, during the hearings, managed to fully expose the enormous daily difficulties that all those who live in the countryside and with farming and livestock are forced to face in order to protect their income, themselves, and their animals, from the truly abnormal and uncontrolled presence of certain species, very often alien and dangerous even for biodiversity itself.
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Mountain passes
Hunters, in particular, thank the government for enhancing the entire mountain environment and for finally clarifying hunting in mountain passes, avoiding the usual exploitation. No hunter—and this must be clear to everyone—has ever called for the opening of wolf hunting (moreover, they're certainly not edible!), but only for the management of a species that in Italy has reached limits that are objectively unsustainable for a territory as heavily anthropized as ours. Only an ideological and fanatical vision can prevent us from understanding what is clear to any sensible person: that over 5.000 wolves (including, unfortunately, too many hybrids that threaten the integrity of the wild wolf's genetic heritage) absolutely cannot "coexist peacefully" with a population of nearly 60 million people spread across a territory of just over 300 square kilometers and with a population density of approximately 196 inhabitants per square kilometer!
The right value to citizens
If Sweden, home to fewer than 10 million people inhabiting an area of over 400 km2, with a population density of approximately 26 inhabitants per square kilometer, has decided to lower the "favorable conservation limit" for wolves from 300 (three hundred) to 170 (one hundred and seventy!) individuals, there must be a technical-scientific reason! Just as there is in France, where the estimated number is between 530 and 630 individuals, in Austria, where wolves are likely fewer than 100, and in Germany, where there are approximately 1.200. Hence, our heartfelt thanks, which has nothing political about it as some would have you believe, but acknowledges a fundamental reversal of the trend, which gives due value to millions of citizens (certainly not just hunters) who are now exasperated and terrified (The President of ANLC – Paolo Sparvoli).
