In videoconference mode, the information table was held between the The Tuscan Regional Authority and the hunting world regarding the epidemic of PSA (African Swine Fever). Following the cases ascertained in the regions Piedmont and Liguria, the imminent problems regarding the advancement of the PSA have been explained, clarifying that all the initiatives to be undertaken will be indicated directly by the Ministry of Health. Dr. Alessio Capecci of the Health Department of the Tuscany Region, explained the details of the disease and reiterated that it is Problem which is of great concern and which must be approached very seriously.
La The Tuscan Regional Authority therefore it will decide as soon as possible any preventive measures which at the moment will be focused only on the province of Massa and Carrara given the territorial contiguity with the areas currently affected by the infection. In order to avoid the succession of currently unfounded news, we would like to point out that at the moment the performance of the hunting activity on the regional territory has not been called into question. Starting from this first meeting, which from now on will be followed by a permanent coordination table, it was unanimously noted how crucial the role of the hunting world and hunters in the monitoring and control operations that will become necessary on the territory.
The “human capital”, voluntary, put in place by the teams of wild boar hunting, from the districts, from the GGVV and from all hunters, with the utmost civic sense and responsibility will be available to the community and it will also be decisive in this delicate challenge that awaits us. In the conclusions, the Tuscany Region with the words of Dr. Burresi and Dr. Capecci in recommending maximum sense of responsibility, not fueling unfounded alarmism, informed that already in the next few hours and starting from the territorial reality of Massa and Carrara, all ATCs will be equipped with specific material to be delivered to hunters for the necessary support for the research and monitoring of any wild boar carcasses.
Under the coordination of the ATCs and on the basis of the Ministerial guidelines and regional indications, the work will continue in the next few hours, aware of the dynamism and danger of a health phenomenon such as that of PSA (Source: Hunting Federation).