It may seem paradoxical, but - even in the face of hectares of plowed fields and damage (and sightings) in exponential growth - the selection hunt for wild boar in the Alpine hunting area of Prealps Comasche (16 thousand hectares from Menaggio al Bisbino including the whole Val d'Intelvi) is still stuck at the stake. District he had requested to break down in the period between 1 June 2021 and 31 January next year 500 animals compared to 418 killed last year with 2 months less hunting due to the pandemic. Through its president Livio De Angeli, the District had then asked to add to thehunting time another hour in place, so as to make the withdrawal even more effective given the emergency in progress.
But theIspra (the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) in two pages of provision signed by the head of theTechnical Opinions Area and conservation and management strategies of the national wildlife heritage - Roberto Cocchi - has not been able to express himself up to now on the opinion, justifying this "no" with the fact that "in 2020 they are reported (in the opinion sent by the Prealps District) 15 complaints for damage caused by wild boar whose total economic value is just under 4 thousand euros ".
"Although these values would seem to define a context in which the criticalities attributable to the species are contained, having no useful data relating to previous years it is not possible to express a technical evaluation of the effectiveness of the management solutions adopted". And there are 115 hunters waiting for the green light (The Province of Como).