The damage to crops caused by wild boars is increasing year after year, even in province of Trapani, sending up in smoke investments, sweat and sacrifices of many agricultural enterprises in the area. In particular, in the areas adjacent to the Gorghi Tondi Nature Reserve, in Mazara del Vallo, where herds of ungulates have stormed the crops, especially those of watermelon which are in full maturity and production. According to the estimates of the producers of Cia Sicilia Occidentale, up to 40% of the harvest is accused. "There are now numerous reports arriving at the offices and technicians of the CIA in Mazara - explains Matteo Paladino, vice president of the CIA Western Sicily-.
Not only are watermelons in danger, but other vegetable crops and vineyards as well. Frustration and exasperation among farmers are skyrocketing in front of their crops destroyed and with little chance of obtaining compensation for damages from the Region or local authorities ”. The wild boar population increases in every area of Italy and there are not a few cases in the news that report road accidents, even fatal ones, caused by their presence.
"We need to take the situation in hand and find a solution - adds Antonino Cossentino, president of the CIA Western Sicily - municipal administrations, WWF and prefect must intervene to protect the safety of our farmers that today here, as in other parts of Sicily, for example on the Madonie, are now afraid to go to the fields. We ask for a meeting with the regional councilor Toni Scilla to address this problem that afflicts our farmers economically. It would take one greater elasticity in the rules for killing and limiting this species "(Source CIA Western Sicily).