A national extraordinary commissioner for manage the wildlife emergency aggravated by the case of swine fever found in a dead boar in Ovada (Alessandria). It is the request of the Cia Piedmont. "In addition to the serious damage to crops - says President Gabriele Carenini -, today we are dealing with an additional concern. It is imperative to immediately check whether it is a isolated case and that the public authorities carry out the appropriate controls ".
The area at risk of infection, yet to be precisely delimited, concerns eighty municipalities between Piedmont and Liguria, an ordinance of the Ministry of Health. Cia Piemonte calls for "targeted health checks on wildlife, incisive actions on containment, blocking the trade in untraceable wild boar meat are the first interventions to be put in place immediately. However, it is also necessary to clarify - underlines Carenini - that African swine fever is not transmitted to humans and that the meat supply chain of our farms has a very high degree of safety due to the controls and systems of traceability in force.
But the serious problem of the long-time uncontrolled spread of wildlife. It is not just about wild boars, but also roe deer, fallow deer, wolves. The emergency is of a national nature, an extraordinary commissioner is needed, extraordinary instruments are needed, if necessary also legislative, adequate to face the situation ".