Bern Convention
Joint statement by the EU deputy, member of the Biodiversity and Hunting Intergroup, and by the president of the Agriculture Commission in the Chamber of Deputies Mirco Carloni. “The decision of the Bern Convention, which rejected the Swiss Confederation's request to pass the wolf from an 'absolutely protected' to a 'protected' species, concluded by rejecting the opening of a new phase in the coexistence between man and wolf in rural areas, in spite of as the European Parliament has expressed itself in recent days, which had dealt with the problem of large carnivores in a secular way. The rejection of the declassification does not help the territories, on the contrary it increases the risks: the modification of the production status of the wolf within the EU is becoming increasingly urgent". This was stated by the European deputy Lega Massimo Casanova, a member of the Biodiversity, Hunting and Rurality intergroup. “Today there is even more need to govern the sustainability of every activity, human ones in primis, and of every form of presence, given the overall anthropization of the European continent. Wolves are growing rapidly, both in numbers and in the areas conquered.
Farms in danger
The litters have gone from an average of two to the current one of about five heads (with peaks of seven), which is bringing the consistency of the species to levels of conflict with other situations. The herds of sheep, goats, sometimes even cattle, are suffering increasingly frequent attacks, which undermine the very survival of this important and historical activity. Pets have suffered great damage from wolf attacks, as have hunters' dogs (in the hills of Piacenza and Parma alone in 2022 over 30 dogs were eaten). It appears evident - the European deputy points out - that the decision to pass the wolf from the category of "super protected" to that of "protected" now opens up the possibility of organizing cross-border censuses of an absolute scientific level and therefore possible control plans, just as Sweden has already done”.
Regulation of interventions
Of the same opinion Mirco Carloni, Lega deputy president of the Agriculture Commission in the Chamber of Deputies. “It is now necessary for Italy to adopt a Management Plan in order to proceed with the control of the species and the regulation of interventions. Interlocution with MASE is already starting up. We hope that the EU recognizes this urgency and gives the green light to the necessary authorizations. The risk we run is that, in the face of an inaction of the States, a real uncontrolled do-it-yourself is generated which, it is clear, would be harmful at every level” concludes Carloni.