Not just wild boars. Farmers will be able to intervene to defend crops even against starlings, pigeons and nutria. He made it clear the The Tuscan Regional Authority on the occasion of the question time on Zoom promoted by Coldiretti in which many Tuscan companies participated. To answer Coldiretti's questions was the official of the Regional Vice-Presidency, Richard Burresi. The modification of resolution 310/2016, approved on the proposal of the vice president of the Tuscany Region, Stefania Saccardi, which allows farmers to intervene directly, if they have a hunting license and under the supervision of the provincial police, towards wild boars, allows a wider range of action.
"It is a measure - explained the president of Coldiretti Toscana, Fabrizio Filippi - which marks a change of approach towards a problem that has long been out of control and which today places Tuscany at the forefront of a rebalancing mechanism, which directly involves agricultural enterprises, towards ungulates. It is very important that this measure is possible for other species of ungulates such as starlings, pigeons and otters which in some areas of Tuscany have an even heavier incidence than wild boars. A measure that has put agriculture back at the center after a long time. This new regulatory instrument finally puts farmers in a position to act, in first person and in a very short time, upon communication to Artea and under the supervision of the provincial police, on their land, even in suitable areas, to protect crops, biodiversity and quality production with denomination.
It is important to have clarified that this is not a hunting activity but a control activity to protect agriculture. At the regulatory breakthrough, now we hope that a concrete turning point will soon arrive also in our campaigns, which have been held hostage for too long by the 450 wild boars". The question time was useful to clarify some key aspects in the application of the resolution. The management channel of direct interventions by farmers is that of the Artea portal which has already been updated to activate this procedure.
The logic is that of simplification with a further reduction in action times. The farmer, once the cultivation polygon has been identified, must request at the beginning of the year, the possibility of carrying out the interventions in control and directly. - It was explained during the question time - The owners and conductors of fund with firearms license will be able to do it. The Artea portal provides an authorization, which is nothing more than an identification number of the file, which it will be sent to the provincial police who will have to coordinate the intervention. The post-culling of the wild boar will be managed by the ATC with the activation of a rest center for a correct and transparent identification procedure, including health.