The repeated human-animal interactions are often caused by the behavior of mankind linked to its invasion of natural elements, often as a consequence of an ever-increasing population growth and a relative search for new spaces removed from nature, but also consequent to situations of necessity for subsistence, such as the search for bush meat (literally “forest meat”) which, in a context naturally devoid of culture in terms of prevention, induce extremely high risk behaviors for diseases. All in a situation of total absence of natural resource management and a consequent threat to its biodiversity, thus facilitating the emergence of serious zoonotic pathogens, even very serious ones, for humans.
It is therefore clear that a lack of conservation and sustainable management of the natural resource can turn into risk very concrete for health. It is therefore necessary for the protection of nature, at all latitudes, a contribution of all people who have direct relations with it and wildlife in management terms. In this context, the hunting activity fulfills its role of mediator between the interactions between wildlife and humans. In fact, the hunter's role is precisely to balance the conflicts that may arise between wildlife and man, carefully managing the fauna resource and at the same time allowing a peaceful coexistence between man and animal. In our latitudes, this translates into fundamental role of hunters in limiting the exponential growth of some animal species and the relative damage that these, such as wild boar, can cause to agriculture.
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