As disclosed by Fabio Rolfi, Councilor for Agriculture of the Lombardy region, in a few days the so-called will meet for the first time ever "Nutrie table". The date chosen is that of Monday 9 July 2018: Rolfi pointed out that he had invited all the actors involved to arrive at a shared containment plan. Here are his words: “I want to pool experiences to improve responses and above all to have coordinated actions throughout the region.
The excessive presence of otters in Lombardy is a national emergency. Unfortunately, regional resources are not sufficient, a national fund is needed. I have already talked about it with Minister Centinaio who has shown himself sensitive on the issue. Now I trust in an incisive action on the part of national politics to remedy the continuations damage caused by nutria to Lombard agriculture". Who exactly will be there in two days?
Trade associations, the Po River Basin Authority, the Lombard provinces, ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities), representatives of the reclamation consortia, the Federparchi and AIPO (Interregional Agency for the Po River). The emergency represented by these rodents concerns a large part of Lombardy: in particular in recent months there has been talk of the results achieved thanks to the containment in the Mantua area.