Poachers in action between Andria and Corato. The confirmation comes from the umpteenth discovery made by the environmental guards of Italy who, during a normal patrol tour on the Murgia in the north of Bari, between Andria and Corato (in the "Sansanello" area, not far from the "Pedale" estate) two dangerous traps with self-tightening steel laces for catching wild boars. The nooses, positioned along the paths usually beaten by ungulates, well camouflaged between stones and vegetation, were immediately removed due to their danger not only for other specimens of wildlife, but also for men (hunters, shepherds or simple hikers) the. The snare, in fact, is a deadly trap consisting of a noose fitted with a slipknot that captures the animal, condemning it to a horrible death by suffocation. It is not the first time that the environmental guards of Italy have come across similar traps whose presence unfortunately confirms the spread of poaching on the Murgia of the North of Bari. "The presence of wild boars in our territory pushes poachers to use unscrupulously similar traps or other silent weapons (crossbows, bows, laces, etc.) which become extremely destructive for the ecosystem and also dangerous for humans." "Unfortunately - continues Francesco Ventura, manager of the municipal section of Corato of the Environmental Guards of Italy - poaching is still a rather widespread practice behind which, in some cases, a real black market of prized meats can be hidden. to be resold without the necessary veterinary checks and therefore with serious risks to the health of the purchasers ".
That of clandestine slaughter is another widespread practice on the Murgia that is as worrying as poaching. The same Environmental Guards of Italy, in fact, in recent days found in the S area, Magno (always between Corato and Andria) some scraps of a clandestinely slaughtered horse. A macabre discovery immediately reported to both the municipal police and the veterinary service of the ASL. “Unfortunately, these are worrying phenomena that testify how high the disaffection towards the fauna and flora by many individuals is. To act - the zoophile guards on horseback explain better (Alberto Ferrara and Michele Iacovelli) - are often unscrupulous people, not hunters but individuals without hunting authorizations or permits».
12 June 2013
Source: LaGazzettadelMezzogiorno - Puglia