I wild boars caught in the reserves of the Marcigliana and of the Insugherata were auctioned. RomeNature, the regional body that manages the two protected areas, has launched a tender for the sale of these live animals. A decision that theOIPA. "In the management of the fauna of the capital and of the Lazio Region we are still very far from the transposition of the Lisbon Treaty of 2007, which protects animals as sentient beings" he protested Rita Corboli, Roman delegate of the International Organization for the Protection of Animals.
“Auction live wild boars captured in protected parks to make meat for slaughter in hunting companies or farms for food purposes it is at least questionable ”, stressed the Rome OIPA. However, the practice is foreseen by wildlife management plans for wild animals. As for wild boars, however, in 2019 the Municipality, the Metropolitan City and the Region have signed a memorandum of understanding that provides for the use of "fences or trap cages with subsequent killing of the animals on the site or transport of live animals to authorized slaughterhouses, or faunal institutes appropriately fenced or wild boar farms for animal purposes ".
In the following 18 months, RomaNatura declared that it had caught 400 wild boars, in that case in the reserves of Decima Malafede and Marcigliana, which were sent to the meat processing companies. The ungulates that have been captured once again at the Marcigliana and the Insugherata meet a similar fate.. The price was set at an auction base of euro 1,00 (one / 00) per kg of live weight". "We ask the Lazio Region and the management bodies of the reserves that these procedures are no longer used and that we move to an ethical management of the fauna of our Region because this is the unavailable property of the State, that is, of all citizens, the vast the majority of whom - commented the OIPA delegate in Rome - are against hunting and, let's imagine, even to the capture of live animals destined to go to auction ".
The envelopes have already been opened on March 9th. The appeal of the animal rights organization, possibly, can be taken into consideration for the next catches. Notwithstanding that, for now, there is no a real alternative to selling of these specimens because, as has been repeatedly noted, no "oasis for wild boars" have been identified in the regional territory, where they can be transferred (RomeToday).