The examination of the amendments to the maneuver 2022 by the Budget Committee of the Senate. The document will be reported in the courtroom and will be passed to the chamber next week. Among the approved changes, also the extension for the whole of 2022 of the Superbonus (and until 2025 for the areas affected by the earthquake in recent years), the 75% bonus to break down architectural barriers, the cut of Irpef and Irap and the installment of bills. There Budget law it will also include some measures aimed at animal protection.
A ban on the breeding, breeding in captivity and killing of minks, foxes, raccoons, chinchillas and animals of any species used to obtain fur is foreseen. 2 million euros for the prevention of stray dogs, 7 million for the construction of shelters in damaged municipalities, 1 million for the sterilization of owned animals and 4,5 million for the Mite fund for the recovery of wildlife. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Health, a fund for 2022 is then established by 500mila euros for the introduction on an experimental basis of the GonaCon contraceptive vaccine to control the wild boar population. The purpose, it says, is to "effectively combat and prevent the proliferation of some species of fauna, to prevent any economic damage and in the event of ascertained ecological imbalances". GonaCon is an immunocontraceptive vaccine developed by the Wildlife Services program of the United States Department of Agriculture.
It is a wildlife sterilization system that allows you to control the animal population by acting on fertility. If on one hand it would be a way to resolve the man-nature conflicts without having to resort to the double, on the other hand, studies are continuing to ascertain the levels of stress and any physical trauma reported by the animals. Currently the drug is administered only through injections and therefore provides for the physical capture of the animal. A study of the 2008 conducted by the Food and environment research agency of York on the advantages and possible side effects of the vaccine GonaCon on the behavior of wild boars in captivity established the absence of side effects in this species and an efficacy of 92% in the 4-6 years following administration.
The study also notes that the animals received the injection they show no behavioral or physiological differences compared to untreated subjects and that cortisol levels, an indicator of stress, are not higher. "The positive results obtained so far with the development of contraceptive vaccines represent only the initial step towards a practical application of fertility control in wildlife - reads the wild boar management plan 2019-2021 in the Gran Sasso national park -. Since these vaccines are available only as injectable products, a first problem concerns the administration of these substances which must necessarily include the capture of animals. The costs related to the capture of some species can be high and it is advisable that a fauna management plan based on the use of contraceptive vaccines has an entry in the budget relating to the costs of capturing and releasing the animals "(Tuscia Web).
Sorry folks, I have never known that sterilized boars DON'T create more damage, because in my humble opinion the wild boar uses the griffon to root, NOT SEX??????, the only valid way to ensure that they are created accidents, it is to increase the hunting period!!!