"The councilor for hunting of the Liguria Region, Alexander Piana, announced that 'the boar hunt carried out by the teams (i.e. the hunt) can continue throughout the month of January' and the CIA (Italian Confederation of Farmers) declared that this decision is 'absolutely necessary', while affirming as it is evident that other interventions are needed to complement the hunting activity'. In this meteorological situation, the vice president Piana should have remembered, first of all, that Law 157/92 imposes a 'ban on hunting on land covered with snow, in whole or in most part' and the reasons are obvious: wild animals in this situation are extremely weak and tried ”.
The spokesman for the Federation of Greens of the province of Savona recalls this Gabriello Castellazzi. “In relation to the position taken by the CIA, precisely in defense of the agricultural world, it is necessary to reiterate that we must have respect for scientific data. According to the Greens, “it is truly incomprehensible to see gods still being ignored scientific results so clear, which emerge from studies now accredited at various universities: Professor Andrea Mazzatenta of the University of Chieti, Professor Carlo Consiglio, professor of zoology at the University La Sapienza, who already in 2014 based on world scientific literature, stated: 'hunting disrupts consolidated groups and contributes to increasing the fertility of the species by eliminating the mechanism of the simultaneity of the estrus of the females'.
Professor Luigi Boitani, professor of animal ecology, Professor Sabrina Servanty, who together with a group of biologists has followed for 22 years the multiplication of wild boars in the Haute Marne Department in France, the Hungarian Biologist Vilmos Sanji, Dr. Silvano Toso former director of Ispra, Professor Josef Reicholf. For all these scholars, very well prepared on the problem, the 'hunting pressure' increases the fertility of the species ". “We also remember that in autumn-winter the impact of the 'hunts' also has a strong negative impact on tourist activities (trekking, bikers, etc.), the collection of mushrooms and chestnuts. It is very dangerous to approach wooded areas on Sundays and Wednesdays (wild boar hunting from 4 October 2020 to 31 January 2021). Therefore, real concrete actions in harmony with the results of scientific research are urgently needed "(ivg.it).