Il boars problem it is now under everyone's eye. On the evening of Monday 17 June they will be in the Council Chamber of the Municipality of Berzo San Fermo located in via Monsignor Trapletti nr. 15 representatives of the hunting world, including our President Michele Bornaghi, summoned by Coldiretti Bergamo to talk about the species it is invading the Bergamo area. “Wild boars represent a danger to public safety and a cost to society - in the words of President Bornaghi-.
Think of road accidents and their compensation, as well as damage to agriculture, costs that are borne by local authorities and therefore on all citizens, and partly on the hunting world, since the Alpine hunting districts - entities financed by the contributions of hunters - are required to compensate a share of the damage and also provide farmers with various electrified fences for preventive purposes. "In addition to wild boars, our provincial territory boasts, alas, other harmful animals such as pigeons, corvids and otters which affect the coffers of individuals and local authorities, as well as various species that for some years have threatened the balance of the ecosystem.
To control these environmental anomalies, there are not even 20 provincial police officers, who, although industrious, do not represent a sufficient staff for this purpose. It is necessary, in the common interest of Citizens, Farmers, Region, Province and Municipalities, once again give the Hunters a role of social utility, among other things without costs for the community, as the control activity of the harmful is carried out free of charge and without reimbursement of ammunition expenses. In order for this to be possible, the modification of theart. 19, law 157/92, introducing into national legislation the figure of the hunting wildlife operator: a hunter who, by virtue of a special course, is qualified to control pests.
Moreover, a figure already governed by many regions including Lombardia. The problem does not concern hunters, but mainly agriculture and regions. An intervention by the Lombardy Regional Council is hoped, and by how many other regions will join, also through the exercise of the legal initiative pursuant to art. 121 of the Constitution. Like Federcaccia, we do not shirk our responsibilities. On the contrary, we are ready at any institutional level to offer ours environmental, hunting and legal competence. In the common interest, we extend our hand, indeed the rifle ... "