"The latest news story, which saw a car catch fire after the impact with a wild boar running in the vicinity of Atessa, confirms that the alarm for the invasion of the Abruzzo has never been so high in Abruzzo wildlife which destroys agricultural crops, exterminates flocks and causes danger on the street, putting people's safety at risk ”. He says it Coldiretti Abruzzo reiterating that the presence of wild animals has now assumed extraordinary proportions, which concern the countryside but also the urban centers where wild boars have now become permanent presences that scratch among the waste with concrete risks for the health and safety of farmers and citizens.
“The number of serious accidents with deaths or injuries caused by animals has increased significantly in recent years - he reports Silvano DiPrimio, president of Coldiretti Abruzzo - we are facing an important danger for the safety and health of motorists both on the road and on the motorway ”. An emergency that is also provoking the abandonment of inland areas, social, economic and environmental problems with inevitable repercussions on the landscape and production. "The unbridled proliferation of wild animals - continues Di Primio - it is putting the environmental balance at risk of vast territorial ecosystems.
We have reports from every corner of the region. Studies and experiences relating to the high density of wild boars in areas of high naturalistic value have shown considerable criticalities in particular as regards the relationship between the growth of the wild population and forest vegetation. Precisely the methods of searching for food through a conspicuous excavation activity clearly visible on cultivated fields causes, in fact, considerable damage to biodiversity even on natural surfaces ”. Coldiretti Abruzzo - estimating a presence in the region of over one hundred thousand wild boars - also remember that these animals reach 180 centimeters in length, can graze two quintals in weight and have fangs that in some cases reach up to 30 centimeters and are assimilated to real weapons by the deadly consequences for humans and animals as well as becoming instruments of devastation on cultivated and harvested fields.
Over 6 out of 10 Italians (62%) - according to the Coldiretti / Ixè survey - are afraid of wild boars and almost half (48%) would not even take homes in an area infested with these animals. A situation that has reached the limit, so much so that more than 8 out of 10 Italians (81%) think that the wild boar emergency should be tackled with the use of slaughtering by hiring specialized personnel to reduce the number. "Never as today is it essential to give certainty to agricultural businesses and guarantee the future for farmers - concludes the president of Coldiretti Abruzzo Silvano Di Primio - structural and effective responses must be given that make it possible to restore the environmental balance that has been visibly compromised, even with the intervention of specialized personnel.
Farmers don't work to get compensation for damages, but to achieve a quality production that must be protected and safeguarded especially in a difficult time like this, in which the health emergency has strongly compromised the economic balance of the country. It is necessary to find effective answers and not to continue to procrastinate on a problem that is now out of control and we ask the councilor for agricultural policies Emanuele Imprudente the opening of a table dedicated to dealing with the emergency ”.