Use of drones
“The intervention of the army for the monitoring of wild boar carcasses with drones in the provinces of Asti and Alessandria is a step forward that we welcome with pleasure, as it partially responds to the requests of our Organization”. Thus the regional president of Cia Italian farmers of Piedmont, Gabriele Carenini, commenting on the measure announced at the last meeting of the ATC in Asti.
Killing of wild animals
Carenini then added: "We hope it is only the beginning of an even more incisive action, which will see the Army's equipment and professionalism also used in the killing of wild boars, as has long been loudly requested by our Organization" .
The December provision
Last December, the Piedmont Region made public a resolution of great importance precisely in reference to African swine fever, opening up selective hunting of wild boars present in this territory through the use of tracking dogs.