The words of Coldiretti Cuneo
There are no reasons to justify, regardless of the duration, the extension of the mandate of the current Management Committees of the Territorial Hunting Areas and the Alpine Districts, expiring on 31 December. That's what he says Coldiretti Cuneo in the light of the disappointing result, achieved so far, especially since last January when an outbreak of wild boar plague was identified in Piedmont, compared to the slaughters that slightly exceed 12.000 wild boars, a number far from the objective of the 50.000 heads, with an unsustainable situation that damages agricultural production, the environment and exposes citizens to accidents, many times even fatal.
Management system
“It is absurd, especially when the appointments by the deputies have been defined, to still keep bodies in office which, except in rare cases, have failed in their mission to depopulate wild boars. The numbers speak for themselves: the current Management Committees need to be renewed in compliance with the deadline of 31 December. A profound and effective reform of the hunting management system at the regional level is certainly necessary but will require many months of work, during which it is certainly not conceivable to keep bodies active that have produced such unsatisfactory results" claims the President of Coldiretti Cuneo, Henry Nada. "We will have to work on a rationalization of the number of hunting institutes - says the Director of Coldiretti Cuneo Fabiano Porcu - considering that at present there are 38 ATCs and CAs present at a regional level, without questioning an essential principle, represented by the incompatibility in terms of representativeness.
Conflicts of interest
In fact, we have always maintained that it is essential that the subjects designated for one of the four categories, whether they are agricultural entrepreneurs, hunters, local administrators or representatives of environmental protection associations, cannot carry out activities falling under other categories, already represented within of the same Management Committee". According to Coldiretti, in fact, it is essential that each component is adequately represented without potential conflicts of interest, to avoid the creation of monopoly positions harmful to all among the bodies that are called upon to play an important role in the public interest. “We thank all our representatives – adds President Nada – who, despite being in a structural numerical minority, have worked and will work to find the right synergies so that the Management Committees can tackle the depopulation of the wild boar once and for all and, more general, the reduction of damages from wildlife”.
Road accidents and damages
The attempt to extend the bodies of the ATC / CA in recent weeks - explains Coldiretti Cuneo - is instrumental only to those who would like to eliminate the incompatibility clause, perhaps to allow some regional councilor or some friend of his to return to the Council of a Management Committee of an ATC or CA. “But it is the victims of road accidents who pay for these tricks, as well as our agricultural enterprises, which we must guarantee to be able to carry out their work, even more so at a time when food sovereignty must be preserved in the light of the upheavals caused by the war in Ukraine” concludes Director Porcu.