Too many wild boars in the Verbania, but now no more shooting: the containment plan of the provincial police is blocked. Particularly there was too much tension surrounding the authorized intervention and controlled by the provincial police, the capture was suspended. On Tuesday evening in Torchiedo, after some inspections and the laying of camera traps, one was shot down in a meadow near a grove. The scene was shot by a resident, circulated on the net, causing discussion on the safety margins of the operation. In reality, the numbers had proved the business right.
With the plan for the containment of wild boars killed in 2020 in the Vco 835 heads. The commander of the provincial police had recalled: "Unfortunately, it still happens to examine wild boars that are hybrids, the result of recent entries". In the Vco from 1 January 2020 to 19 January 2021, 835 wild boars were killed applying the control plan authorized by Ispra. The Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ministerial body) at the beginning of the year gave the green light to a further update of the five-year program. Coordinated and monitored by the provincial police, it was renewed until 2026.