The damage caused by wild boars in agriculture was illustrated by the Regional Councilor for Agriculture, Food and Green Systems Fabio Rolfi in the hall of the Annunciata in Pavia. Representatives of the Territorial hunting areas and agricultural trade associations. Also present were the regional councilors Ruggero Invernizzi, Roberto Mura and Simone Verni. “The damage caused by wild boars to agriculture in the province of Pavia - said the commissioner of the Lombardy region - amount to 200.000 euros. In 2020 the total culls were 1.683". "In province of Pavia - he continued - there is an excellent collaboration with the provincial police and with the selecontrollers. The lockdown has unfortunately slowed down the containment activity and in these territories the problem is very felt, especially for the damage caused to agriculture".
In 2020, 289 wild boars were killed in the Pavia area by the provincial police and by selecontroller operators, 214 in the Atc Casteggio Oltrepò Nord 4 and 818 in the Atc Varzi Oltrepò Sud. Another 5 in collective / hunted hunting. To these are added the 362 wild boars killed in the private hunting institutes of the Oltrepò Pavese in selection and collective-hunted hunting. “The farmers - he added - are exasperated and unfortunately the excessive presence of wild boars is also a problem for safety. In 2019, for example, wild boars caused 50 road accidents in the Pavia area ". To enhance wild boar meat - he continued - we have also opened a 360.000 euro tender for new ones game processing centers.
We have also included it in local products that can be served in farmhouses ". “With the new regional law - he underlined - we have introduced the possibility of carrying out selection hunting for wild boar throughout the year. Even in the evening hours and with the night vision device. Since last year, the foraging technique has also been practicable in Lombardy, i.e. the placement of small quantities of food to attract wild boar. From May this year it will also start in the whole province of Pavia. This system will add to the control exercised by the provincial police. The pressure and the withdrawal in the provincial territory are therefore increasing ”.
The meeting also served to bring the situation concerning the disposal of meat to full capacity by addressing the bureaucratic issues that hindered the start of control activities. "We support ATCs, hunters and farmers. The wild boar - he concluded - is a problem but also a resource that we must manage to protect agricultural activities, public safety and health. All this while waiting for a decision to be taken at a national level to implement a law on hunting that has stopped at 1992. In this way it will be possible to give the territories even more incisive tools "(Laprima pagina.it).