As announced byWelfare Department of the Lombardy Region, with the approval of containment and eradication plan for nutria, last May they were allocated 200mila euros to finance local plans supported by the Provinces. In July, the budget will be asked to allocate the same amount to implement the activities more effectively and efficiently. The answer came from the Agriculture Commission of the Regional Council after an interpellation on the containment activity of the species.
However, there is the awareness that, despite the efforts of the Lombardy Region, the funds are not sufficient and that an intervention by the Ministry is necessary to make resources available for containment, given that it is not possible to use those allocated for hunting. The request could be more incisive if it were made by the Councilor for Agriculture and the Council Commission.
The commissioner then recalled that in 2015 and 2016 they were made available to Provinces and Municipalities 675 thousand euros for containment activities and that in 2016 about 50 thousand rodents were captured and disposed of. By next August, meetings will be organized in agreement with the Councilor for Agriculture, with all the bodies involved and committed to cope with the emergency, in order to raise awareness and stimulate activity, taking advantage of any suggestions for improvement.