From the Albenga plain to the Impero Valley, up to the east of the region, reports of damage caused by raids by wild boars and other wild animals continue to arrive: both in the countryside and in the inhabited centers animals continue to proliferate and circulate unchecked, undermining the maintenance of the territory, damaging crops and putting people's safety at risk. This is what he says Coldiretti Liguria, with reference to the latest reports of raids sent by agricultural enterprises, where the bands and the classic dry stone walls continue to be damaged, not to mention the damage to field crops and orchards, as well as the threat these specimens pose to farm animals.
The latest reports also underline an important approach to the companies of the Piana d'Albenga, where the potted plants and vineyards of the area have been particularly affected. In the province of Imperia, in the municipality of pontedassio, the olive growers are now giving up: with the olive-growing campaign at the gates, it is also becoming difficult to "spread" the nets for harvesting, both because they risk being torn off by the ungulates and for the fear of accidents given the state in which the soil from their passage. The rest is added the multiplication of sightings of wild boars and wild animals which, more and more often, go into inhabited centers, with reports both in the towns and in the big cities, starting from the Ligurian capital, where they have been wandering undisturbed for some time now. “Wildlife has now far outstripped those attempting to maintain and guard the land. - affirm the President of Coldiretti Liguria Gianluca Boeri and the Confederal Delegate Bruno Rivarossa - In our countryside, soon, there will be more wild animals than workers, while on the streets and in the cities it is not new, for some time now, to come across this kind of animals.
Extensive damage to crops that are completely destroyed by the passage of animals, plots of land dug and furrowed in an irreparable way, damaged dry stone walls and in some cases razed to the ground, devastated woods, consortium roads and mule tracks made impassable, danger of unpleasant encounters in public gardens, on the inland paths and on carriage roads: now not only crops are at risk, but also the protection of the territory, the safety of people and the safety of animals, given that such a high number of specimens as now, facilitates the emergence of epizootic diseases ".
“It is not by compensating the damages to the agricultural enterprises affected that the question is resolved, but only with prevention and a strategic plan, you can really secure the territory, the health and respect of those who make their business a source of income. Among the proposals we have made, we reiterate the importance of carrying out experiments for the temporary sterilization of animals, controlling any illegal activities regarding the introduction of these specimens, review the selective containment system, encourage the use of trapping cages, simplify the current rules on soil self-defense; encourage the cleaning and cultivation of uncultivated land, real growth lungs etc ... "they conclude (IVG.IT).