Paolo Zandrini (Arci Caccia Umbria): “We are satisfied, we will work to achieve the objectives set by the scientific authority”.
The control plan of Gazza and of the Hooded crow prepared by the ATC Perugia 1 committee which, collecting the proposals of the Hunting Associations, has scheduled for the first weekend of May the preparation course reserved for operators in the repopulation and capture areas who in those structures will be called to carry out the task of managing the corvid populations both through capture and through killing. Subsequently, however, again in the month of May, the second course, with its final exam and qualification, will be open to farmers and hunters who will have to operate in planned hunting areas. The course will be held by prof. Roberto Mazzoni della Stella, a long and qualified experience behind him in "wildlife planning and management".
The Control Plan received the positive opinion of Ispra after a detailed report produced by Dr. Francesco Velatta of the Provincial Administration of Perugia and after that during the spring of 2014, coordinated by the ATC and in collaboration with the hunting associations, it was possible to detect, with constant monitoring, the number and diffusion by territory of gaza and corvids.
The Plan will have a three-year validity and will take place in the sites, cultivated or hunting faunal areas, where the damage has occurred over time. Ispra reported a series of measures deemed necessary to prevent the excessive presence of corvids and damage and indicated a series of methods of prevention / bloodless deterrence, such as the Helikyte and Predator balloons which have proved to have a good cost ratio. / benefits. If these are not able to significantly attenuate the impacts, plans for direct abatement or through cages / traps will be implemented. The annual quota of animals that can be taken has been fixed at 2300 magpies and 6300 crows, of which a maximum of 30% by firearm.
"We are satisfied with the launch of the courses and the management plan - comments Paolo Zandrini of the Arci Caccia regional management - and we appreciated the synergy that, taking scientific data as reference, has developed between ATC, hunting associations, the Province and Ispra. " "For some time - continues Paolo Zandrini - we have been pointing out this need, so much so that among our associative purposes they had paid particular attention to the corvid project which on several occasions we have presented as an indispensable necessity to maintain the right balance of fauna in the area". "Now what is hoped for is realized - concludes Paolo Zandrini - we will make our contribution to achieve the objectives set by the scientific authority and we will work to ensure that similar decisions are made in the other ATCs in Umbria".
17.04.2015