Captured and destined for slaughter. THE wild boars on the hunt of food on streets of Rome I'm an emergency that ended on the new mayor's table on Tuesday morning Gualtieri. "You need to catch a thousand a year for at least three years - clarifies the manager of Roma Natura, Maurice Gubbiotti after the meeting in the Capitol. - They have become too many and the containment plan must be implemented, but it is not the only action to be put in place immediately ». What are the others? “Clean the streets of waste and redevelop all park fences to prevent them from escaping from the reserves ". Meanwhile, the five wild boars, four adults and a puppy closed on Tuesday morning in the playground of Villa Mazzanti in via Gomenizza in Prati, have returned free.
The five ungulates that had also been spotted the day before a square Clodio, are safe. "While we were setting up the cages for the capture - reports Gubbiotti who had activated for the capture - they disappeared into the woods of Monte Mario". The wild boars had been closed in the play area in via Gomenizza da some residents who had requested the intervention of the police. The park had been closed to the public for safety reasons and the management body of the protected areas of the Municipality which is Roma Natura led by Gubbiotti took care of the matter. The latter is activated with the forestry to have the catching cages delivered from the Decima reserve. Some animal rights activists who are opposed to the catches have arrived on the spot.
The procedure in fact provides that the ungulates, which are considered wild species to be protected and authorized only to live in nature reserves, are captured according to the containment plan signed by the Region, Municipality and Metropolitan city in 2019. The plan also provides for abatements in the event of a risk to the safety and security of citizens. But the main line involves the reduction of the number which in recent years has become excessive and therefore risky even within the Parks (Corriere della Sera).