Ready a complaint against the national government. Thus the regional councilor for agriculture, Stefano Mai, is preparing to act to curb the wild boar emergency. Too many specimens in Liguria, among the Regions that cannot make use of the coadjutors. “We are overrun by wild boars. Again this night an accident occurred in Ventimiglia that affected two citizens aboard a scooter. Fortunately, we don't register a death - explains the commissioner Mai -. They destroy the crops of companies and individuals, jeopardize the safety of people and pets, collapse land and feed on municipal waste.
Now is the time to say enough. Liguria is left alone. Or give us a way to immediately activate the hunters, or we will denounce the national government immediately ”. “Liguria is one of the regions of Italy that cannot make use of assistants in the control of wildlife. We have adopted the same laws of other Italian regions, but ours were challenged by the government and then rejected by the Constitutional Court. It is not clear why. We have undertaken a dialogue with the Government several times, proposing, together with the other Italian regions, changes to the national laws for introducing the coadjutors. All efforts in vain. We weren't heard. I wonder why there is all this fury against Liguria".
“The wild boars can now be found in the city. We receive reports of their presence in flower beds, in hospital parking lots, on beaches, in cemeteries. Everywhere they pose a danger to people and cause serious damage to the environment. This is the result of years without the help of the coadjutors. The only agents of the regional wildlife surveillance, may not be enough to control the phenomenon, despite the immense efforts they are making ”. “The coadjutors to the wildlife control are volunteers selected and trained to help us in the regional wildlife surveillance actions. Without them we can not put a brake on the continuous increase of these animals. We have done everything possible as a Liguria Region.
From the establishment of the hunting fauna surveillance unit, to the capture with cages, to the activation of the selection hunt, to the expulsion, to the dissuasive foraging, the collaboration protocols with the local police forces and the financing of fences and defense instruments for millions of euros. All this, however, is not enough ”. "Now I ask the Government for an immediate response: the introduction of coadjutors also in Liguria. Otherwise, we invite Minister Costa to come to Liguria to take all the wild boars and take them to the garden of his house. If we do not have the opportunity to activate the hunters, we will denounce the Executive asking that we be reimbursed for all future damage caused by wildlife and how much we have given in recent years "(Genoa 24).