Not just wild boars, now the integrity of crops and the safety of motorists, in the Tarantino, is also endangered by the proliferation of porcupines. This is what the Cia-Italian Farmers Area Due Mari (Taranto-Brindisi). The problem is becoming particularly serious and evident on the Provincial Road 13 which connects Castellaneta to Castellaneta Marina. The road artery in question is often crossed by porcupines and wild boars weighing over a quintal. "This is a road with high traffic volumes”, Explained Vito Rubino, provincial director of Cia Due Mari.
"It is time to intervene, before the dead man escapes," added Pietro De Padova, provincial president of the organization. In 2020, also due to the prolonged period of lockdown which affected Italy last winter, both the number and the presence of wildlife specimens in the countryside and near towns. In some areas of the region, it has been recorded an increase in 200% wildlife damage claims. Agricultural and agro-zootechnical enterprises have seen an increase in the incidents of damage caused by wild boars, wolves and starlings. With the increase in the number of wild boars and wolves, the cases of damage to farmers and breeders have increased.
"We have been saying this for some time”, Recalled Rubino and De Padova. "We need a task force to work to put a stop to the out-of-control multiplication of wildlife." Cia-Italian Farmers of Puglia, through all its territorial variations, has been arguing for years now that the owners and tenants of agricultural land must be granted the right to full compensation for the loss actually suffered ". The compensation for wildlife damage it cannot fall within the scope of the European Union regulations on state aid and must be removed from the de minimis regime.