A case of swine fever was registered in Rome, inside the Grande Raccordo Anulare, well away from the Ligurian-Piedmontese Apennine territory where the disease has already marked 110 cases. The unexpected evolution of the situation leads Senator Francesco Bruzzone, national head of the League for wildlife, to hypothesize scenarios never taken into consideration so far, “Also and above all because this affair endangers an industrial sector of great international prestige and worth 20 billion a year, such is the size of Italian pig farms”. "The case of swine fever recorded in Rome, about 500 km from the Ligurian-Piedmontese outbreak, in turn an infinity of kilometers away from the Eastern European countries from which the virus comes, feeds doubts - argues Bruzzone - about the possible cause.
It would not be the first episode of eco-terrorism, as shown by the arsonists who set fire in points even distant from each other. However, I trust that this reconstruction is not true, and is to be attributed instead to the fact that wild boars, which absolutely should not circulate on the streets of our cities, they feed themselves directly from the bins where they contain infected food, coming from the areas where the virus circulates, could be found ".
"One of the two: if the theory of the Eastern European origin of the disease is true, spread by livestock production waste left in the environment due to lack of disposal and consumed by wild boars - argues Bruzzone - then we must ask ourselves what we import and what problems there are for public health. The alternative, if you like, is just as disturbing if not more ”. "I therefore hope that the judiciary will activate the procedures for an in-depth investigation so as to shed full light on the phenomenon. Considering the fact that swine fever involves prohibitions on certain human activities, the suspicion - concludes Bruzzone - that someone may have an interest in triggering the prohibitions must be dispelled "(First Channel).