Confagricoltura participated in a hearing before the ninth permanent Senate Commission (Agriculture and agri-food production, to reiterate, once again, that the solution of problems linked to the wildlife management and the damage that this causes more and more often to agriculture. “It is necessary to recognize that the current regulatory approach is no longer suitable and does not allow effective intervention; set as it is, solely on wildlife conservation, it is often no longer congenial to the development of the territory, not only from an economic point of view, but also from an environmental, health and road safety point of view and, more generally, for citizens.
In Piedmont - explains the regional president of Confagricoltura Enrico Allasia - More than 1.100 wildlife-related accidents occur each year, mostly from wild boars ". In the last thirty years - as Confagricoltura points out - wild boars have increased by over 400%; the roe deer populations exceeded 350%, those of deer have even risen by over 800%. The packs of wolves and canid hybrids have also increased exponentially and are getting closer and closer to inhabited centers, as is happening in Piedmont.
The spread of wildlife also reaches uncharacteristic environments and with a high population density and therefore it is no longer compatible with biological equilibria. "It is therefore necessary to intervene urgently on the prevention of damage - declares Enrico Allasia - through the use of appropriate methodologies, with assistance to farmers and technological experimentation, creating a strong synergy between scientific research and management with rapid application of the acquired knowledge ". Confagricoltura also recalls how the European Court of Justice, with a sentence promulgated on 10 October, established that hunting is allowed as a tool for managing protected animal species, like for example wolves, provided that strict conditions are met.
More generally, Confagricoltura stresses the need for adequate wildlife containment policies, starting with selective harvesting plans. “These are interventions - concludes the president of Confagricoltura Piemonte Enrico Allasia - which become increasingly necessary also as a result of the increasing damage caused by wild boars to road traffic, which highlight the responsibility of public administrations in containing the phenomenon ".