Damage from wild boars, states of mobilization of the Coldiretti Umbria. The regional council of the association has announced the opening of one state of mobilization for the emergency of damage from wildlife in agriculture, caused in particular by the wild boar species. An age-old problem, once again topical In Umbria. And especially in the territory of the ATC Perugia 1 where a possible adjustment of the quotas charged to the hunters is at stake. Hypothesis against which the Municipal Federcaccia of Perugia. The decision was made during the meeting on Monday with its representatives within the Atc of Umbria, which precedes the one requested by the agricultural organization to the Regional Councilor for Agriculture Roberto Morroni, to clarify with the Territorial Areas of Hunting the procedures for emergency interventions regarding the operations of containment of wild boars.
The raids of wild boars also in groups of dozens of specimens, they know no respite. Indeed they are multiplying more and more: in these days on wheat, sunflower, barley, corn, with destroyed fields and months of lost work. An age-old problem - it was stressed several times during the works - that is "killing" agriculture throughout the region, in a period that is already complicated to say the least due toCoronavirus emergency. "The decision to open a state of mobilization that gives way to a series of initiatives - explains the president of Coldiretti Umbria Albano Agabiti - derives from the fact that many agricultural activities are close to default, with the frustration that is driving farmers to stop reporting the damage ".
"All possible actions must be taken - continues Agabiti - to stem once and for all a real economic and social emergency: if those put in place are not enough, we need to multiply our efforts, find new ones. Despite the recent and appreciable efforts of the Region, we are faced with a wildlife management system that is evidently still not working and that needs further 'reforms'. This is to avoid making farms pay a high bill every day, which are no longer able to act as a 'pantry' for many harmful wild animals, not autochthonous". During the meeting on Monday, all the gravity of a devastating situation emerged once again, which is creating more and more discontent and despair among agricultural entrepreneurs. As witnessed by our representative within the Hunting Faunal Council regional and from the one inside the Monte Cucco Park.
“In the meantime, we asked for a confrontation with the regional councilor Morroni - recalls Agabiti - to clarify and define the procedures for emergency interventions with the Atc. In fact, certain rules are needed for these control operations, as well as homogeneous methods and timing which must be adopted by all three territorial hunting areas ". “Sharing and expressing solidarity for the desperation and indignation of agricultural entrepreneurs is no longer enough - adds Mario Rossi, the regional director Coldiretti; even in the face of those news that they 'tell' of wildlife feeding systems in the woods, we also feel a bit cheated ”.
"In this context, it is no longer possible to witness - continues Rossi - an approach to the problem that differs from territory to territory, as well as an uneven interpretation of the rules, which certainly do not facilitate the arrest of the proliferation of wild boars and the consequent reduction of damage to agriculture ". "Among other things - concludes Rossi - also a more effective management of protected natural areas, with the Parks increasingly damaged by the devastation, as well as a traced and controlled supply chain of wild boar meat, which knows how to enhance the containment activities, as well as an economic and employment opportunity ".