Federcaccia Piemonte sends a letter to the Region to talk about wolves

The representatives of the section have written to the councilor Valmaggia to clarify the issue, in the light of the increasingly numerous sightings.

The representatives of Federcaccia Piedmont have decided to send a letter to the Region, more precisely to Alberto Valmaggia, Councilor for the Environment, Urban Planning, Territorial and Landscape Planning, Mountain Development, Forests, Parks. The letter is motivated by the need to address the issue of the wolf, a very topical topic also abroad. According to the local section of the federation, in fact, the abandonment and depopulation of the mountains in recent years, together with the increase in woods and forests, have caused the demographic growth of ungulates such as wild boar, deer, roe deer and chamois, with the consequent return of carnivorous predators to the Alps, namely the bear, the lynx and the wolf.

The letter talks about sightings and reports, with significant damage caused by attacks on domestic livestock (also cattle and horses). For Federcaccia Piemonte, politics is still indifferent, but we are talking about a real alarm, given that the presence has also been detected in the suburbs and in the city. Piedmontese hunters are aware of the fact that the return of the wolf is something important and positive, an incentive for biodiversity and the recovery of ancient wilderness, however, the environmental world is closing in on the topic, which has turned into a taboo.

Several laws have protected the wolf, both in Italy and in Europe, but the letter refers to how the situation has changed nowadays, in which the legal status of the predator is questioned. The project Life Wolf Alps is financed by the European Union: according to Federcaccia it has not produced anything relevant and above all it has not even managed to map the sightings in a precise manner and estimate in a realistic way the consistency of wolves in Piedmont and Italy. Among the “virtuous” examples that are cited are those of Switzerland (the authorities count the animals with extreme precision) and France (in addition to the count it was decided to kill some). This is why the words addressed to the councilor Valmaggia are full of concern and perplexity.

The hunters want to know the expenses incurred and the studies done to address the issue, in addition to the actual number of wolves present in the Piedmont area. Finally, the local section of Federcaccia recalled that it has always remained consistent and with a balanced position: the goal is not to eradicate or exterminate wolves, but to start talking about their management and numerical control. The invitation to Valmaggia, therefore, is to raise the question to the Government and the Ministry of the Environment, if necessary. or to the European Union.

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Ferdinand Ratti says:

9 years ago

I think it is correct to let readers know that the WolfAlpes project is financed for “9 million euros” by the European community, 2 regions, Piedmont and Lombardy, some parks and former provincial administrations have benefited from these funds.
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