"Well 300 thousand wild boars 'occupy' Calabria and the Region rejoices for 3500 culls, equal to just 1,05%. He writes it Coldiretti, which also underlines how their number is destined to grow "considering their speed of reproduction". “As the National Data Bank certifies - says Franco Aceto, president of Coldiretti Calabria - the pigs reared in Calabria are about 50 thousand. This means that there are at least six wild boars for each pig raised and the ratio will grow since the killing of wild boars is significantly lower than the births ”.
The presence of wild boars is now a constant and not a day goes by without sightings even in the cities, as well as in agricultural and rural areas with significant damage to crops and cause of health problems, and on the roads where they are often the cause of accidents. "Buffer and one-off measures are no longer possible that did not structurally affect the definition of the emergency that has worsened - confirms Francis Cosentini, director of Coldiretti - and that the way they are announced is meant to be believed to be reassuring and problem-solving. What to do? We have been offering it for some time! We need to redefine the dedicated and non-dedicated areas to wild boar using Arcea data which are very up-to-date and therefore free from wild boar the non-suitable areas, which are agricultural ones, authorizing and encouraging numerical containment plans, control and abatement.
It is necessary to change the regional regulations that date back to twenty-two years ago and which were designed for the protection and protection of wildlife, in order to reconstitute the fauna heritage and which today have evidently proved to be no longer suitable. Again request - he concludes - the updating of the "Plan for the rebalancing of the species" to the Park Authorities and more generally within the natural and protected areas, in order to restore environmental and economic sustainability. The resolution of the problem can no longer be postponed - conclude the president and director of Coldiretti - and it is absolutely necessary to ensure the right protection of the work of those who earn a living in the country side, the safety of people and the liveability of places ".