It was certainly one of the most controversial measures of the Budget Law: birth control vaccine to curb the wild boar emergency, so desired by the animal rights world, it has sparked an incredible uproar. Fortunately, the proposal was not followed up and the LAV (Anti-Vivisection League) has seen fit to contest this alleged delay: "The deadline by which the Minister of Health should have authorized the experimentation of the immunocontraceptive vaccine GonaCon, that is the drug which, administered to wild boars, allows to block their reproduction for a period of up to six years, has expired on 1 March. a single dose. But of this provision, indicated in paragraph 705 of article 1 of the 2022 Budget Law, there is no trace in the rooms of the Ministry. An intolerable situation if we consider that 500.000 euros have been allocated for the purchase and use of the drug in our country".
Unfortunately, the association still believes that it is a valid proposal"The start of the development of the immunocontraceptive drug represents the first step to achieve the ambitious goal of finally having a non-bloody, non-lethal and above all effective method available, to be applied in all cases in which up to now has been used. to hunters' guns, causing millions of wild animal deaths".
Could not miss the inevitable dig against the world of hunting"The widespread opinion is in fact the victim of hunting propaganda, according to which only hunters would be able to contain the damage to agriculture attributed to wild animals, but the evidence tells the exact opposite. In fact, in recent decades, the damage declared by farmers has steadily increased, despite the animals undergoing very strong hunting pressure and despite the fact that since 2005 all ungulates, including wild boars, can be hunted every day of the year at any time. It is therefore evident that hunting is not only unable to contain the damage caused to agriculture, but instead contributes to their increase".