"There were critical issues and we have overcome them. We have solved the foraging problem. This demonstrates our concrete will to manage wildlife effectively and less and less bureaucratic. The selection hunt is starting throughout the region ”. He said it Fabio Rolfi, Lombardy Regional Councilor for Agriculture, Food and Green Systems, today atUtr of Como, speaking on the issue of the containment of wild boar; the meeting was attended by the president of the regional council, Alessandro Fermi and the undersecretary with responsibility for relations with the regional council, Fabrizio Turba.
"The containment plan provides for the killing of 2050 wild boars for Como in one year. In these first days we have already reached 150 heads ”, the commissioner specified. “Georeferencing, a problem raised by hunters, is a procedure imposed by Ispra to accommodate our culling plans. We have, however, simplified as much as possible the insertion of data to satisfy the requests of the territory. The wild boar is a problem for the fields and for the safety of people. We need a rational and not ideological approach ”added Rolfi.
“For the near future the commitment is to identify new meat processing centers in the Como area to facilitate the management of carcasses and support the game meat supply chain. We have also clarified that the Province can use the 'selecontrollers' in the control activity and there is no doubt about the applicability of the regional law”Concludes Rolfi. “The de minimis regime must be modified at national level because farmers must be fully compensated for the damage suffered by wildlife and not just 30%. The fauna is the property of the state and if the state is unable to manage it, it is right that you pay. I will return to Como shortly to monitor the progress of the situation ".
Resolution XI / 1761 of 17/06/2019 of the Lombardy Region; specifies that the foraging of wild boar in the implementation plans in the collection of wild boar selection: goes to modify the penultimate paragraph of the law 28 December 2015 n ° 221 in suitable areas and , unsuitable can only be made with corn grain, with a daily administration of 1 kg for a single point every 50 hectares. the Game Producers Authority (EPS) gave a FAVORABLE OPINION of the use of foraging as an attractive function near the firing points in boar selection hunting; establishing that food waste, slaughtering, and other waste was prohibited, that the limit maximum per foraging point to be set up was no more than 11687 baiting points per square kilometer with no more than 23 kg of corn grain per day.