More than 2.000 wild boars have been removed from selecontrollers authorized since the beginning of 2021 in the area of Euganean Hills Park. "Good, but it is not enough - he emphasizes Cia Padua - we must proceed with even greater continuity ". The next step, in this sense, is the amendment to law 157 of 1992 "Rules for the protection of wildlife" with respect to which in recent days the Minister for Agricultural Policies, Stefano Patuanelli, he declared himself available. «For years - comments the president of Cia Padova, Roberto Betto - we have been asking the competent institutions to intervene. The goal is common and affects everything agricultural world».
Minister Patuanelli said the time was ripe for a revision of a "thirty years old" law during the hearing with the assembled commissions of Camera e Senate regarding the implementation path of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and the definition of the National Strategic Plan (PSN) within the new Common agricultural policy. "In May 2019 - observes Betto - we organized a demonstration in Venice to raise the issue of serious damage to agricultural land caused by ungulates
It was on that occasion that we launched the proposal to amend law 157 of 1992. It is an outdated legislation, born in a environmental and social situation completely different from the current one". Last September another peaceful demonstration "to safeguard agricultural plots": a procession of tractors developed from Ospedaletto, culminating in the sit-in in Piazza Municipio in Vò. The basic purpose of the state rule, already indicated in the title, must be changed, "passing from the principle of protection, foreseen precisely three decades ago, to that of management ". In practice, adds the president of Cia Padova, “this means quoting the number of wild animals present in the area on the basis of scientific criteria. If it is true that species can coexist, then their presence must be regulated ".
In other words, according to Betto, «the optimal density of every single species, in the context of environmental, social and economic compatibility, with particular regard to the agricultural activities that develop on the Hills ». Cia Padova has always promoted «the improvement of the control procedure of the territory itself, making the most of the contribution of the competent scientific bodies ". Finally, it favors "a constant and fruitful discussion with the actors concerned". Betto concludes: "The text prepared by the CIA is available to everyone, we do not want to put the flag on this battle: first we will arrive at the amendment of the law in Parliament, the better it will be for everyone ».