Animal recovery
The assignment to the ASL Toscana Centro of the management of the health service for the entire regional territory is extended until 15 June 2025. rescue of wildlife in difficulty, includes the possibility of availing itself of the work of authorised entities for this task and for the recovery of the animals by the end of 2024.
The purpose of management
The decision was made with a resolution proposed by the vice president and councilor for agriculture of Tuscany Stefania Saccardi and the councilor for the right to health Simone Bezzini. The purpose of centralized management is to guarantee homogeneous levels of intervention throughout the region, with univocal operational guidelines on the provision of emergency and recovery services.
The right approach
"But the goal - Saccardi and Bezzini emphasize - is also to intensify the information and awareness-raising activity of the public. In fact, it is necessary to direct citizens towards the right approach and avoid improvised rescue behaviors that could prove useless, harmful or even constitute illegal acts, such as the removal of eggs, nests, newborns or adult animals from the place where they were found". For the activity of the first five and a half months of next year, the regional council has allocated 214 thousand euros, part of the budget proposal currently being examined by the Regional Council (source: Regione Toscana).