With decades of delay since the undersigned first proposed the immediate and in-kind return of livestock (especially sheep) to shepherds who suffered damage from bears and wolves - restitution to be done with the creation of "public flocks", or owned by the bodies responsible for the defense of wildlife, specifically the Park Authorities, and to be used for this purpose - finally something is moving: the Majella National Park is about to start a similar practice on an experimental basis in defense of the Wolf (with money Europeans finally well spent!).
In fact, a few days ago, a press release from the Majella National Park was released, announcing the implementation of this initiative. It was time!
It was time that practical sense began to prevail over the theories of animal rights activists in cities spanned even if marked with "university science" (as regards the Marsican brown bear at a cost of over 13 million euros spent so far!) And so far proved inconclusive and / or to come in terms of practical effects (the last ones are those of apple orchards and electrified fences and future ramneti).
The signatory of this note is pleased to learn that this step was decided by Dr. Nicola Cimini, Director of the Majella National Park, a person who, like myself, had his naturalistic experience in the staff of the Abruzzo National Park .
Person with an innate practical sense as a native of the country that symbolizes this Park: Opi, where the Park saw light. Not for nothing, a country of shepherds, sheep, wolves and bears. Honor to the merit!
A delay of decades on an initiative that should have been taken a long time ago, it is so obvious, and which, among other things, will contribute to the maintenance of the Abruzzese pastoral culture and to the biodiversity of the pastures, and which may also have an impact on the creation of jobs.
An initiative that is only now starting on an experimental basis and in Majella, but which we hope will soon be extended to the Abruzzo National Park, putting into practice one of those operational conservation proposals that the undersigned has been disseminating for years (and which still last June had been advanced to the Lazio Region, although, as usual, it remained a dead letter).
On the contrary, the latest Marsican Life Bear project will spend its other 1,5 / 2 million euros made available by the European Union for the umpteenth studies: searches, catches, collars, satellite controls, counts (infinite counts!) And ... salaries.
While the Park Authority itself prefers to similar and wise projects such as the one decided today by the Majella Park: one, unnecessarily enhancing the natural plant resources of which the Park is already rich (and which too many wild boars are plundering to the detriment of the bear and the flora, even rare!); two, to build small wind and photovoltaic plants to contribute to the Kyoto Protocol (that saving the planet is more important than saving the bear?).
The Italian Association for Wilderness therefore applauds this initiative of the Majella National Park to defend the wolf and hopes that the experimentation will soon become a customary practice, also for the Abruzzo National Park and the Marsican Bear, hoping that so we can save him at least in extremis.
Murialdo, December 20, 2011
The Secretary General
Signed by Franco Zunino
You May Also Like ..
Source: Wilderness
