This is the WWF comment: “On the basis of what technical and ecological considerations can we now affirm the need to contain and reduce the population of Cervo in Abruzzo? The same Hunting Wildlife Plan of the Abruzzo Region, an indispensable document for planning actions on fauna approved less than a year ago, provides for further checks on the state of the population of Cervo, as for its own editing they are used data relating to a single year, 2018, certainly not enough to have an exhaustive picture of the presence and spread of the species. Before only hypothesizing any intervention, it is necessary to equip oneself with in-depth knowledge tools, such as, for example, the punctual distribution on the regional territory, the dynamics, trends and status of populations, sex / age relationships… Of all this we know very little.
Without neglecting the fact that the deer plays a fundamental role in the food chain, representing, for example, an important trophic source for the wolf. It is also known that much of the eventual hunting pressure on Cervidae it would fall into the areas where the Marsican brown bear is present outside the protected areas, adding further stress in territories where hunting for other species is already permitted. Even the reference to the economic aspects and tourist flows linked to hunting does not seem to be based on realistic data. It is known that the number of hunters is (fortunately) decreasing throughout Italy having gone from over 2 million in the 70s to less than 500.000 in 2020, mostly elderly ”.
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