“I share the difficulties of local administrators, farmers and consortia: the nutria continues to do enormous damage in Po Valley. The countryside of the provinces of Cremona, Brescia, Mantua, Lodi and Pavia are invaded by this rodent that, when it goes well, we can only contain. The forces deployed by the Region, Provinces, Municipalities and volunteers are no longer enough. We need a plan and national funds. It is time for the government to make a move. Now the problem can no longer be postponed ”. He said it Fabio Rolfi, Councilor for Agriculture, Food and Green Systems of the Lombardy region.
“I will write again to the competent ministers, Agriculture and Health - he added - to ask for the establishment of a specific fund aimed at supporting regional containment plans and experimentation and research activities. All of this cannot be on the shoulders of local authorities and volunteers. The problem is out of control and in Lombardy alone at least 2 million euros are needed to carry out effective action. " "As a Region - continued the councilor - we made provincial agreements, supported the Municipalities and the volunteers, promoted the active involvement of the Park Authorities, so that the containment activity of the nutria does not stop at the borders of the protected areas.
We want to make the operations on the whole territory. But the spread of nutria is a national issue that deserves a national strategy ”. “If this problem were in Puglia, perhaps this attention would have already been received”. It is estimated the presence of approx 700 thousand nutrie in Lombardy (2018 data). In the province of Bergamo 22.013, in the province of Milan 43.259, in Lodi 104.276, Pavia 110.845, Cremona 120.172, Brescia 139.324, Mantua 168.132.