The technical coordination table is born, with advisory functions, for a more effective wildlife monitoring as required by the control plans of invasive species. According to the resolution, proposed by the Councilor for Hunting, Cristiano Corazzari, and recently approved by Veneto regional council, the technical panel will deal, in particular, with verifying the state of implementation of the plans; to formulate proposals on possible dissemination and training activities with the stakeholders of the implementation measures of containment and prevention of control plans; to elaborate any improvement proposals during the renewal or revision of the plans themselves and proposals for overcoming any critical issues, thanks to the control and containment actions announced within the control plans.
"The management of conflicts, attributable to wildlife - said the Regional Councilor for Hunting, Cristiano Corazzari - it is a very topical issue, which is also identified from a legislative point of view (article 19 of law no. 157/1992 and article 17 of regional law no. 50/1993), to which this administration pays the utmost attention ". “The reasons - he added - that can lead to the authorization of Wild species "control plans", even in areas prohibited from hunting, are reasons that concern the better management of the livestock, the protection of the soil, for health reasons, for the biological selection, the protection of the historical-artistic heritage and zoo-agro-forestry and fish productions.
Faunal control represents a tool aimed at limiting circumstantial situations of serious damage to activities, and must not be understood as a generalized method of numerical containment of wild populations ". In the same session of the regional council two resolutions were also approved for the establishment of two control plans, respectively for the Columbus or City Pigeon and the Corvids, with reference to the species hooded crow and magpie. Columbus or City Pigeon. The city pigeon is a wild animal that lives in a state of natural freedom, causing critical issues in some urban sites which, more often than not, are dealt with by issuing mayors' ordinances. Not always, however, the actions adopted by the individual local administrations are homogeneous and coherent with the objectives set, such as the safeguarding of public hygiene and health and of the historical-artistic heritage, and respect the urgency and extraordinary nature required by the judgments of the TAR, called upon to express itself on the matter following appeals.
The control operations, according to the Plan, are carried out by the staff of the Regional Supervisory Service. Should the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) verify the ineffectiveness of the controls, the Regional Council may authorize abatement plans that may be implemented, even in derogation of the times and times for which hunting is prohibited. Corvids. The numerical increase of Corvids creates damage both to agricultural activities, significantly impacting valuable sensitive crops, in particular orchards, horticultural and specialized crops. The Veneto Region, in order to make the control plan effective, can authorize the killing of the species concerned by provincial hunting guards, forest guards and municipal guards with a license for hunting (Source: Veneto region).