The classic fairy tale
Yes, of course animals are beautiful, they're friendly, they're endearing. All animals, especially wild ones: wild boars, the so-called "bambis," wolves, sacred ibises , crows, cormorants, coypu, rock pigeons, starlings. All beautiful to see on a weekend walk or in a documentary, but not always so easy to live with on a daily basis. Especially for those whose crops are destroyed, those who can no longer find fish to catch, or simply those who would love to see woods, parks, and hedges full of sparrows, goldfinches, and other small songbirds that have been practically eradicated by the ever-growing populations of voracious crows, magpies, and domestic cats free to do what their instincts tell them to do.
Security at risk
But it's not just vineyards, orchards, and cornfields being unsustainably plundered, it's not just riverbanks and canals collapsing, causing enormous damage, it's not just the disappearance of so much small birdlife. There's more! Public safety is jeopardized 24/24—especially at night—by populations of large wild animals now roaming the streets, even urban ones, causing accidents, deaths, injuries, and damage. The report aired on TG1 is one of those that would make any civilized society cringe, including the many politicians who made their fortune petting donkeys and pigs, and who, to garner some support, have culpably allowed the word "management" to be banished from the Italian environmentalist vocabulary for over thirty years.
Too many accidents
Thousands of accidents caused by animals, mostly wild animals (69%); and, in the first half of 2026 alone, 11 deaths and 94 injuries! And we don't know if the death toll includes the poor cyclist killed by a large wild boar in Verona, not in a forest. What we do know for sure, unfortunately, is that there will be no shortage of those online, with cynical and cruel irony, asking about the poor boar's condition! These data, certainly not released by hunting associations, should raise the consciences of the many (too many) animal rights fanatics who persist in denying the obvious facts: that wild fauna has now taken over and is so numerous—we're talking millions of wild boars, hundreds of thousands of other large ungulates, and now almost ten thousand wolves—that peaceful coexistence with humans, their productive activities, and their very lives is impossible. Yet, despite these alarming data, there are still some who not only fail to acknowledge the need and urgency of scientifically managing certain species, but blindly persist (out of pure ideology) in calling for a ban on hunting. We are a truly strange country. Strange and incredible! (Paolo Sparvoli, president of ANLC).
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