Il Covid also had consequences on the plan for the slaughter of wild boars in Spina Verde Park: of the 125 heads planned, 2020 has seen only 33 captured, or 26% compared to the estimate made in the three-year plan for the management of the ungulate population. With the month of February in Spina Verde the catching season has started again that is, the trap cages and fences have been reactivated, but while until the end of 2019 the number of culls was in line with the plan's forecasts, 2020 saw a halt due to the impossibility of action, as stated by the park director, Victor Third.
"In 2020 there were 33 killings - he explains - of which 12 in the months of January and February before the lockdown and then another 21 between June and September, then we returned to the stop .. Less than in the other years, but all in all when it was possible for us to operate we did not waste a moment ». In total, 2016 wild boars have been killed in Spina Verde since April 442. The monitoring of the ungulate population takes place through the reports drawn up by Andrew Pasetti, naturalist and scientific coordinator in charge. In Spina Verde, the Gev (voluntary ecological guards) operate for the capture of wild boars.
Also in the park on the outskirts of Como there are 5 trap cages of about 2 square meters of usable surface, plus 6 semi-mobile catching pens, composed of modular and modular electro-welded meshes, and a guillotine trigger system, the average capture area of the fences is 20 square meters. "In these first days when we started again with traps and fences we have captured 4 specimens - he explains George Casati, president of the Spina Verde Regional Park - we have different methods to capture them and we have authorized the killing, carried out by specialized personnel. The best solution for the capture of wild boars are the fences, animals are fed and then arrive in the cages».
The meat of the wild boars, after veterinary checks and laboratory analyzes, is sold. First go through a storage center. The park is supported by a game processing center accredited by the Ministry and the Region, which however is closed for health provisions in force, therefore at the moment the wild boars go to a farm in Viggiù. "In these days we are closing the design of the temporary storage structure in the industrial area of Cavallasca", concludes Casati (The Province of Como).