New, urgent and targeted measures depopulation wild populations of the species boar, surveillance of the presence of the African swine fever and biosecurity graded by "infected area", "active surveillance area", "proximal free area" and "distal free area", are contained in the order signed this evening by the president of the Piedmont Region, Alberto Cirio. The audience of subjects who can participate in the depopulation of wild boars in Piemonte.
It is foreseen that the containment of the species can be carried out, as well as by agents of the Provinces and the Metropolitan City of Turin, by the supervisory agents of the protected areas, by the owners or conductors of the funds concerned with a license to carry firearms, or specifically appointed to kill (tutor), by the voluntary hunting guards and by hunters identified by name in possession of specific training, operating under the coordination of the same administrations. Notwithstanding the law, the selection hunt for wild boar can also be carried out at night, subject to the use of means for night vision that facilitate the selection of the identified leaders. The provision is valid throughout the region, expiring on 30 June.
In the infected area and in the active surveillance area, the implementation of the measures is a priority and urgent and the depopulation actions must be implemented immediately and with the maximum intensity possible in the three months following the entry into force of the ordinance. "With the start of the wild boar culling plan - observes the regional councilor for health of Piedmont, Luigi Genesio Icardi -, action is taken to bring the number of wild animals back within the sustainability limits indicated by the competent authorities, acting directly on the causes of the transmission of the contagion. The continuous and widespread monitoring of wild boar carcasses in Piedmont has not yet detected cases of swine fever positivity outside the infected area. To date, 38 out of 293 championships have tested positive wild boars in Piedmont.
Between Piedmont and Liguria, the samplings were 420, with 66 positive cases, always in the same infected area, where, moreover, it is proceeding, in parallel, the depopulation plan for domestic pigs at risk of contagion, in agreement with the owners of the farms, which in Piedmont are reimbursed with funds specifically allocated by the Region ". "The ordinance defines all the culling of wild boars in the red zone, buffer zone and in the white zone free from constraints, with methods of containment, control and selection according to the bands - underlines the regional councilor for Agriculture, hunting and fishing of the Piedmont Region, Marcus Protopapa -; it was decided to activate extraordinary measures to intervene in an incisive and emergency way, expanding the audience of subjects who can participate in the containment activities of wild boars throughout the Piedmont area.
In fact, in addition to the persons in charge, the ordinance provides that the owners or tenants of the funds concerned, and the persons specifically responsible for the killing, conductors and tutors can carry out the containment operations directly. Depopulation measures, which take place through control variations, will be coordinated by provincial administrations and park authorities, each for their own competence, this to ensure that such actions take place safely ". "The depopulation action - adds the vice president and councilor for Parks of the Piedmont Region, Fabio Carosso - it will also involve the territory under the protection of the park authorities, we are fielding all the forces available to the Provinces and the Region to contain the contagion ".