"It's not just wild boars that are causing enormous damage to farms throughout the region. Now wolves are also attacking and devastating high-value livestock farms located in the high hills or on mountain slopes, even reaching right up to homes." This is what the Umbrian CIA reports following the latest attacks by wild boars, which have devastated entire areas of the region, irreparably compromising agriculture and livestock farming. On the wild boar front, the latest reports come from the western shore of Lake Trasimeno, where, near Panicarola, the crops of several fruit and vegetable farms have been completely destroyed, having been the target of the ravaging attacks of the ravenous swine for years . The problem is increasingly worsening and is compounded by insurmountable bureaucratic obstacles that effectively prevent adequate compensation for high-quality crops, such as the completely damaged Orvieto DOC vineyards in the Titignano area. But even more serious, if possible, is the situation reported by some farmers in San Vito in Monte, near San Venanzo, who have suffered repeated incursions by ravenous packs of wolves that have preyed on their cattle and horses. The damage is significant, and tragedy has nearly occurred, with the wolves coming dangerously close to people. The attacks were videotaped by camera traps placed by the Province of Terni following detailed reports; thus, there is firsthand and incontrovertible evidence of what happened.
For the Umbrian Agricultural Association (CIA), these phenomena can no longer be tolerated or addressed with standard tools, which have proven ineffective. The agricultural organization believes this sensitive issue must be addressed with new rules, even at the national level. In this regard, the signals coming from Parliament are positive: just last May 16, the Agriculture Committee of the Chamber of Deputies approved, at the initiative of Monica Faenzi and Nicodemo Oliverio, a resolution committing the Government to take, in agreement with the European Union, initiatives to address the dangerous spread of this problem.
However, in the meantime, it is urgently necessary for the Umbria Region to provide full compensation to affected farmers and ranchers, in full compliance with the provisions of Regional Law No. 17 of 2009, and to simultaneously develop a Special Regional Wildlife Plan that clearly identifies prevention and containment measures for the various species. The urgency of these interventions is also justified by the fact that the excessive presence of wild animals, particularly wolves, has taken a dangerous leap forward, clearly taking on the character of a public order problem, jeopardizing human safety.
June 2, 2013
Source: OrvietoSi
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