A recently established figure, that of the selecontroller operates mainly in the central-northern regions and is closely linked to the activity of hunting experienced in a responsible and sustainable way.
Each Italian province, according to its needs, entrusts these profiles with the important task of controlling wildlife, also and above all through regulated killing.
It is precisely because of the delicacy of the task that the selecontroller has to carry out, that the profession must be enabled by attending a training course, which will prepare the expert hunter for the new job. The lessons will give him a good knowledge of the wildlife and environmental character of his province, which is essential in order to guarantee a five-star prophylaxis of the territory.
Needless to say, the role of selecontroller must be covered exclusively by personnel who are qualitatively trained but above all suitable for the performance of the assignment, which is why not everyone can boast of this title.
After all, the selecontroller was born for one reason only: to safeguard, region by region, the immense fauna heritage made available by mother nature. This is obviously possible only if you have a perfect knowledge of the territory, of the species present and of any problems within the territorial environment. To put it more simply, the selecontroller is called upon to maintain balance between the species present in a territory, protecting some of them (often roe deer and chamois), and organizing the controlled killing of others which in some cases have reproduced excessively, as is often the case. happened in the case of boars.
It is no coincidence that the activity of this super partes hunter is mainly aimed at the management of ungulates present in a specific territory. All this obviously happens after a careful study of wild animal populations, and after the drafting of a correct slaughter plan that cannot be exempted from considering the social structure of the herd and the age of the animals that will be slaughtered in a specific area.
The institution of this figure looks far ahead and fits into a new vision of responsible and sustainable hunting, which protects its territory thanks to the purely numerical control of those species commonly called intrusive.
This is why the selecontroller, already experienced hunter in possession of an identification card, is allowed the targeted collection of these species even in periods during which hunting is prohibited, or in protected environments. The excessive density of a particular species can in fact cause serious problems in all those areas that are subject to atropic use, whether it is tourism or simply the cultivation of fields.