In Trentino the theme ofanthropization of natural habitats. With a motion presented in the provincial council, the councilor of Onda Civica Filippo Degasperi asks to ban the foraging of ungulates (especially deer and roe deer) in areas where the presence of large predators is known. The mangers in fact, placed by hunters to allow animals to eat and attract them, would also attract wolves and bears. Located "recklessly near houses and roads", according to Degasperi, these mangers accustom wolves to approaching man-made areas.
The councilor believes that if you want to contain the problem linked to the presence of these carnivores, the choice of eliminating the feeders to keep them away from inhabited centers would be preferable to the killing of these large carnivores, which certainly could not all be killed. "The artificial foraging of ungulates, although it has on more than one occasion received the negative opinion of theHigher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, is a very common practice in Trentino as in the rest of Europe. There are numerous reasons that lead Ispra to argue as the artificial foraging it should be avoided in principle, ”Degasperi said in the motion.
“To discourage the practice of foraging can only be added the significant increase in the range of wolves and bears in the Trentino area. The unnatural and massive presence of ungulates in correspondence of feeders today puts at greater risk the equilibrium of these wild animals, easy prey for carnivores. The concentration of the ungulate fauna in the foraging sites also represents a concrete danger for humans - concludes the exponent of Civic Wave -, attracting a large number of predators in areas that are often highly populated, despite the regulation providing for their location in areas with low anthropogenic disturbance "(Trent Today).