Interesting and attended conference in recent days at the Council Hall of the Province, which saw the representatives of the territorial areas of hunting, agricultural professional organizations and hunting associations discussing the theme of "Hunting wildlife management in the province of Asti". The initiative curated by the Agriculture Hunting and Fishing Sector of the Province of Asti saw the opening of the works by the new regional councilor for Agriculture, Hunting and Pesca, Giorgio Ferrero from Asti and Paolo Guercio, competent provincial manager. The coordination of the works and the conclusions were handled by Pier Paolo Mussa. "The problems related to the increase in the populations of wild boars and roe deer and the constant reduction of the populations of sedentary game involve the obligation to change philosophy - explained Roberto Mazzoni della Stella and Francesco Santilli, two wildlife technicians with decades of experience in wildlife management in Tuscany - environmental interventions are needed. The current restocking and trapping system is sixty years old. And it shows them all ».
The interventions of the two experts are definitely interesting. That has taught us how recent American studies have shown that a decidedly positive effect can be offered in the fight against harm from Caprioli and deer from the use of hydrolyzed casein. While really useless they seem to be produced with a more evocative action than practical like wolf urine. However, some traders with few scruples still offer. “We have tried - explained Paolo Guercio - to focus attention on the experiences of other territories, to introduce elements of innovation in the management of wildlife and create the conditions for a fauna balance compatible with agricultural and anthropogenic activities”.
Laura Cavallero technician of the Province of Asti illustrated the containment plan of the species in great detail Boar in the Asti area. Containment plan which, however, despite the considerable use of resources and men does not seem, by the Province's own admission, to have given the desired results. Although the number of catches is higher than expected. Because animals and nature always struggle to adapt to plans whether they are three-year or five-year. Meanwhile, the sums paid to farmers are falling. In fact, they went from one hundred and seventy thousand euros two years ago to just over one hundred and fifty thousand euros last year.
Perhaps this is also a symptom of the increasingly strong spending review or of the fact that farmers in some areas have now definitively given up farming. A few smiles, in the age of the internet has finally aroused in the audience the obligation to communicate by fax of all capture interventions but you know the bureaucracy must take its course and therefore a "Register of wildlife operators" is on the horizon with a lot of qualification and training course. Register that should be the novelty of the next plan. Two interesting degree theses closed the proceedings. Doctors Laura Comparato and Martina Tessarin, experts in environmental biology, have in fact talked about partridge and red partridge in the provincial context.
(17 July 2014)
Source: LaNUovaProvincia
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