New rules approved on containment and eradication of nutria by the Agriculture Commission. Local authorities will have more powers and tools to hunt and capture large rodents that cause damage to crops. The bill was approved yesterday. The Municipalities of Como they become “competent in the management of problems relating to the overpopulation of otters”. The general guidelines and operational prescriptions are the responsibility of the Region, which must prepare them a containment and eradication program, reference for a specific plan that is up to the provinces.
The methodologies: the new classification provides common firearms, controlled gasification, controlled sterilization, use of traps with subsequent killing of the animal with narcotics. It will be possible to authorize the direct killing of the animals municipal and provincial police, volunteer hunting agents. The eradication of otters can be carried out at any time of the year throughout the territory and an allocation of 2021 thousand euros is planned for 500 (The day).