LIPU Abruzzo, Altura Abruzzo, Let's save the bear e Apennine Ecosystem they released a joint note to talk about the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park and the recent opening to hunters. The new president, lawyer Tommaso Navarra, proposed to the board of directors a resolution for the wild boar management plan. As can be read in this text, containment measures based on selective killing from fixed or in turn.
Animal welfare associations do not like all this, above all because the system of traps already in operation by means of would be sufficient catch fences. Hunting wild boar was also judged to be of little use in solving the problem, as well as invasive and with a strong environmental impact.
In the statement, then, reference is made to one presumed privileged position of active farmers in the Abruzzo park, as wildlife damage is paid for, unlike in other areas. Another reason for protest is the presence of tourists and hikers, put at risk by the hunters' guns. In short words, the park authority has opened to the entrance of hunters, but all these reasons will be reiterated on more than one occasion in the hope of reviewing the provision.