"It is easy to encourage the restocking of the mountain, but how can we continue to work in these conditions? We had arranged the chestnut groves a handful of days ago. In one night the wild boars destroyed everything, just a month after the last time ». To speak is Frederick Pognant Gros, owner in San Giorio, in Susa Valley, of the homonymous farm. Four hectares of meadows and chestnut groves at 700 meters above sea level. «I have reached the limit. We had not lived in such a disastrous situation for 15 years. Even the gardens of the villages are destroyed and elderly people are starting to be afraid to leave the house ", he stresses in exasperation. So much so that the other morning he couldn't help but grab his smartphone and record some videos to account for the bitter surprise.
"Since people don't believe it, I'll show you what it means to try to keep the mountain alive - he began by framing destroyed lands and dry stone walls - thanks to drought, wild boars come down from the woods in search of wetlands, they break through the nets and devastate what they find in front of them ». Whole green meadows reduced to clods of stirred earth, places of conquest for ungulates which, as if that weren't enough, also feed on freshly fallen chestnuts. “All the areas stained with earth are areas that the wild boars have practically destroyed 70% of the land. Between the fruits eaten by animals and those not yet ripe that the wind drops from the trees, we are recording a beginning collection to forget»Continues Pognant Gros.
A cry of alarm that the mayor of San Giorio Danilo Bar immediately received in a letter addressed to the regional councilor for agriculture Marco Protopapa, the hunting sector of the Metropolitan City and the hunting sector CaTo3. "Despite the installation of electric bollards, the wild boars enter the properties destroying the harvest - reads the document - Worrying reports have also been received of wild boars within the inhabited area of the Grangia hamlet, with damage to areas in front of the houses and strong concern on the part of the inhabitants. We therefore urgently request the activation of the selectors for the abatement "(The print).