Below is the press release of the commissioner rolfi and the regional decree which suspended the roaming hunting activity with the aid of the dog and the collective boar in territory of Pavia. The Lombardy Region has set up a task force to prevent and counteract the arrival of swine fever on the regional territory, following the discovery of some carcasses of wild boar vectors of the disease in Piedmont and Liguria. The Crisis Unit, which met in the presence of Councilor Fabio Rolfi, is coordinated by the Veterinary Unit of Lombardy region (DG Welfare) and made up of representatives of the Agriculture DG, the Civil Protection DG, the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, the Veterinary Departments of the ATS, the Provincial Police and the Forestry Carabinieri.
“We have decided to suspend the forms of roaming and collective hunting activity with wild boar in the province of Pavia, the area most at risk given the territorial proximity to the cases recorded in Piedmont and Liguria, to avoid rapid movements of wild boars. We will promote, in collaboration with the Provincial Police and the Forestry Carabinieri, an intense activity of passive surveillance, also inviting farmers and hunters to report any carcasses present in the area. Swine fever represents a disaster for the export of a strategic sector such as that of pigs. In Lombardy the 53% of the garments nationwide. So we will do everything to counter the arrival and spread of this disease brought by wildlife ”.
This was stated by the Lombard regional councilor for Agriculture, Food and Green Systems Fabio Rolfi. “For years we have been making the central government aware of the danger that would arise in the event of swine fever in Italy. Unfortunately, nothing was done by Rome. While the Lombardy Region was committed to updating the rules, the government's only concern was to challenge them, ”adds Rolfi. "With the regional law of 2020 we have introduced the possibility to carry out selection hunting for wild boar throughout the year even in the evening with a night vision device.
We have introduced the technique of foraging, i.e. the placement of small amounts of food to attract the wild boar. We have also allowed the killing to be carried out by qualified farmers who suffered damage. Now that we have psa in the house massive government action is needed to increase the activity of fighting wild boar, involving the forest police and extending the hunting period ”concludes the commissioner. Below, the number of heads pigs reared in each province:
Varese 863
Como 2.151
Sondro 2.105
Milan 73.341
Bergamo 370.131
Brescia 1.330.967
Pavia 239.950
Cremona 954.804
Mantua 1.120.207
Lecco 2.881
Lauds 364.637
Monza Brianza 3.203
LOMBARDY 4.465.240