The decisions of the Piedmont Region
With the resolution of the Regional Council of 26 August 2022, n. 2-5539 "African swine fever. Authorization to carry out some hunting activities for wild boar in the Restriction areas I and II pursuant to Reg (EU) 440/2022, notwithstanding the Ordinance of Ministry of Health (OM) of 13/01/2022 "in order to increase the effectiveness of depopulation actions and reduce the risk of spreading the infection, it was decided to authorize:
- in restriction zone I and II, only in the territories in correspondence with which, on the basis of the declaration of the Extraordinary Commissioner for the PSA, the laying of the barriers has been completed and outside the same, the hunting exercise for wild boar with the use of dogs (maximum 3);
-in restriction zone I and II, only in the territories in correspondence with which, on the basis of the declaration of the Extraordinary Commissioner for the PSA, the laying of the barriers has been completed and within the same: selection hunt for wild boar in single form without dogs and control interventions pursuant to article 19 of law 157/1992.
Five lots
It is acknowledged that on 16 September 2022 a specific communication was received from the Extraordinary Commissioner stating the following:
LOT 1: COMPLETED WORKS
LOT 2: WORKS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
LOT 3: WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT
LOT 4: COMPLETED WORKS
LOT 5: WORKS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED
Restriction areas
In light of the aforementioned communication and considering what is expressed in the aforementioned DGR, we inform you that from 18 SEPTEMBER 2022 the following is authorized:
- in restriction zone I (buffer), except in the portion of the territory receding in the ATC AL3, the hunting exercise of wild boar with the use of dogs (maximum n.3), all planned hunting of other species and hunting selection as established by the current regional hunting calendar 2022/2023;
- in the restriction zone II based on the requests of the ATC AL3-AL4 and in the territory of the ATC AL2 and in the Municipality of Mombaldone, falling within the ATC AT2, notwithstanding the provisions of the current regional hunting calendar 2022/2023 is authorized from 02 OCTOBER 2022 the opening of wild boar hunting in the form of programmed hunting without prejudice to what is specified in the last paragraph;
- within the enclosures, even if not completed in the whole restriction zone II, the exercise of planned hunting of all other species (except wild boar), as established by the current Regional Hunting Calendar 2022/2023 as well as the hunting of selection to other species.
It should be noted that in the territories included in the restriction zones I and II in which the fence is not completed as well as in the hunting farms and hunting farms falling within these territories, no form of hunting for wild boar or any control activity is authorized. at the same.
Finally, it is recalled the respect of the norms dictated on the subject of biosecurity contained in the aforementioned resolution of the Regional Council of 26 August 2022, n. 2-5539.