La Province of Rovigo decided to delete all specimens of minilepre present in this territory. The species is native to the United States and has been introduced in the Veneto province since the 80s. There population growth is doing register impressive numbers, even if precise estimates are lacking (it seems that the total is more than a thousand units). In various areas of the Rodigino the minilepre is seriously damaging agricultural crops: this species is dangerous for soy, wheat, corn, without forgetting the fruit trees.
The local authority has prepared a very detailed plan for the eradication of the "American" hare, in order to achieve at least a significant reduction in the number by 2023. To implement the interventions, capture nets and traps will be used, but there will be real hunting trips. The activity of the hunters may also last beyond the hunting season and even night-time killing was thought of.
The coordination of the activities will be the responsibility of the Province itself, while the one included has been chosen for the period between the months of October and March (six months in total). In the remaining months, the indications will be more stringent as regards supervision. L'eradication it will be implemented by forest rangers, municipal guards with hunting licenses, landowners, selecontrollers, trained hunters and volunteer guards.
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