With the sentence of Administrative Court of Piedmont which last week suspended i plans for the slaughter of wild boars in the province of Turin, the protest of the farmers is rekindled wildlife damage: "I'm not angry with the judges - Roberto Barbero, the president of the Italian Farmers Confederation of Turin, puts his hands on - who do their job on the basis of current regulations, I instead take it out on politicians, who they keep talking without doing anything. Everyone knows how devastating the wild boar problem has become for our agriculture, yet nothing is moving.
I acknowledge that even in the government contract of the new national executive there is no trace of interventions to deal with the damage of wildlife, which must be managed and no longer just protected. As long as the law is not handled, there will be no way to effectively contain the rage of wild boars, as well as wolves and other wild animals. " Welcoming the appeal of environmental and animal welfare associations Lac, Lav, Sos Gaia and Oipai, the provision of the Tar does not close the hunt, which will continue regularly until the end of the hunting season, but places the stop at Extraordinary program for the containment of wild boar, approved by the Metropolitan City (former Province) of Turin. In particular, it is stated that the killing of animals must be the last resort, being able to be carried out only if the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (Ispra) certifies the initial ineffectiveness of non-toxic alternative ecological interventions.
For the judges, the pretext of the costs of prevention interventions (fences, electric bollards, etc.), advanced by the Metropolitan City, does not justify any violation of state legislation. «The damage caused by wildlife - intervenes the regional president of the Italian Confederation of Piedmontese farmers, Gabriele Carenini - are becoming the first problem of our farms. The situation is dramatic not just for crops, but also for the safety of people, as evidenced by the increase in road accidents caused by the crossing of wild boars. Politics must intervene as soon as possible, extraordinary abatement plans must be arranged, but also legislative interventions that allow a reasoned management of the fauna, overcoming the ideological approach of protection at any cost ".