La pre-opening of the hunt it also began in Emilia Romagna and the Ferrara hunters are more involved than ever. The West Nile virus begins to worry and for this reason all healthy carriers must be killed. Among these are the corvids, animals that are part of the list of the huntable ones in the first two days of the 2018-2019 hunting season together with turtledoves, magpies and crows.
The Territorial Areas of Hunting of the Emilian province have indicated to the hunters of focus on birds. In addition, there are also incentives, namely the gift of molds and cartridges. The same situation is occurring in Sardinia. Corvids have also been culled in recent years, as the species is nothing short of harmful to agriculture. The virus alert added more risks and therefore withdrawals must take place quickly.
The monitoring of the health situation is guaranteed by the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Reggio Emilia which is engaged in the analysis of the findings relating to the slaughter plan. There are about 3 thousand hunters from Ferrara and in these first few days they were partly hampered by the bad weather conditions. Several shotguns, on the other hand, are eagerly awaiting the start of the hunt in a rambling form.