Hunting and Fauna: Ferrara, nutria alarm; the Municipality issues a special ordinance to contain the species “They are ruinous for agricultural crops and for our banks”.
They damage the banks of rivers and canals, are ruinous for agricultural crops and the habitat of many native protected species. In short, the nutrie, originally from South America - they were imported to Italy in 1929 for the production of furs - have become a real problem. In particular for their enormous diffusion. The Municipality of Ferrara also invokes an emergency situation in the territory due to the excessive presence of otters. In fact, the mayor of the Este capital, with a contingent and urgent ordinance, dictated the provisions for the control of the nutria population within the municipal territory. The provision, which will be valid until April 30, 2015, opens three months of 'hunting' the nutria, the spread of which is becoming a serious problem. An animal that the legislation considers a harmful and pest species, with the competence of its containment passed from the Provinces to the Municipalities, which, however, can still count on the support of the provincial body.
The check can take place in two ways: 1) By capture with cages-traps and subsequent suppression; operations permitted to assistants already authorized by the Province of Ferrara, civil protection personnel, personnel of water protection bodies (reclamation consortia, Aipo) as well as farmers within the farm. 2) Through direct killing with firearms exclusively by "hunters during the exercise of the hunting activity exclusively in the territories assigned to them for the exercise of the hunt, in the periods and times allowed by the hunting calendar "; the coadjutors authorized by the Province and the farmers in possession of a hunting license in the perimeter of the farm owned or managed can also shoot down and shot. The use of rodenticide poisons is prohibited.
It is of course understood - concludes the document - that the citizen will be able to proceed, to protect his property and people, in compliance with the limits set by the legal system, to the suppression of otters without the use of firearms and avoiding that they are inflicted. unnecessary suffering to the animal. For more information, please contact the Environment Service of the Municipality of Ferrara in via Marconi 39, telephone 0532 - 418815.
(February 3, 2015)
Source: LaNuovaFerrara