The latest data on the nutria population they were already alarming. Thousands of animals that live in the fields and along the canals of our province, an invasion. The health emergency has also put a hand on this situation, which hunting associations have defined for years to be worrying. In this period the catches with the use of traps and the abatement plan with teams qualified to intervene with the rifle he stopped. Moral. Just take a road along an embankment, throw an eye in the fields and also in the streets that are close to the villages to notice those shiny humps in the sun that stand out in the profile of the land. The latest sos comes from Ca 'Emo, fraction of Adria.
One of the most densely populated areas by these rodents is that of Orticelli. He knows something about this emergency Andrew Salvagnini, president of agro-technicians, owner of a farm. Reduced embankments like gruyere for the dens that these animals make, the corn fields marked by their presence with damage that is already very strong. "They eat crops such as corn and also beets - says Daniele Ceccarello, president of the Venetian hunters association (Acv) -. The two-month hiatus was the last straw in a situation that has already reached its limit, for years we have been asking for more widespread interventions to stem this scourge for agriculture and also for the environment. Only the coronavirus was missing.
Two months with the selecontrollers stopped and now we can say that the phenomenon has exceeded the threshold. Just take a tour of the countryside to see what is happening. Salvagnini's company, which is followed by the agronomist Cominato from Adria, is just one example, the tip of the iceberg. Farmers no longer know what to do. It is certainly true that the blocking of control activities had an impact, but the virus entered an already very fragile situation. We have been asking for more serious interventions for years, more control. Now what is happening highlights how concrete our call was to intervene to prevent the population of these rodents from getting out of hand ”.
Ceccarello, president of the hunting activities commission of the Brothers of Italy of the Province, launches the SOS to the Region and the Province: "The reduced presence of predators is becoming a problem, as the nutria is causing serious damage to agricultural crops, already affected by other alien species. The same situation is occurring for the serious damage caused to the hydraulic works. The choice made in recent years, setting up a fruitful collaboration with hunters and farmers, today risks being completely paralyzed "(Il Resto del Carlino).