Urgent government measures to bring down i boars and reformulate the opening times of the hunting season. This is the request made by the councilor for agricultural and forestry policies Basilicata, Francesco Fanelli, to Minister Bellanova to face the exponential increase in the wild boar population. "The Region - explained the commissioner - has put in place all the instruments provided for by current legislation which, although numerous, are not sufficient to contain the numerous damages caused to agricultural crops in addition to road accidents.
The spread of epidemiology from Covid 19 has further aggravated the situation as the ordinary means of contrasting the wild boar emergency provided for by the regulations are blocked, as are all containment services and the work of the selecontrollers. Furthermore, with the lack of provincial police personnel it is impossible to implement the control plans ”. “There are more and more reports of sightings of wild boars - Fanelli explained in the letter - that go from rural areas up to inhabited centers, roaming freely and with the risk of endangering people's safety. The damage to agricultural crops is huge as hectares of crops are devastated by their crossing and the farmers themselves are in danger of being attacked.
In the last five years, in the face of a multiplication of wildlife, a consequent increase in the expenditure necessary to compensate for compensation and indemnities has been recorded, which is around ten million euros ". The commissioner, in the letter, put forward the proposal of a common strategy that provides for coordinated interventions throughout the national and regional territory, that is, inside and outside the protected areas to deal with the wild boar emergency. "In addition - Fanelli concluded - on the question of seasonal labor, we appreciate the initiative of some employers' organizations that have activated platforms to match supply and demand, but we expect from the Ministry a decisive action aimed at solving this problem that affects the whole national territory ".