There is no more time to waste in supporting pig businesses and preserving the safety of citizens.
The position
There is an urgent need to strengthen the action to contain the presence of wild boars, a change of pace that must necessarily go beyond the approval of the Urgent Intervention Plan, through the definition of the provisions that can allow its effective implementation. The presence of African swine fever, the continuous damage caused to agricultural production and the risk in terms of public safety, attributable to the high number of animals present in the Piedmontese territory, certainly cannot be considered emergencies and problems that have been overcome. This is what Coldiretti Piemonte comments in light of the situation which sees an increase in cases of swine fever and the number of road accidents, after the latest death of a motorcyclist, caused in the capital by the crossing of a wild boar.
“The eradication activity must be further strengthened by implementing all the measures, including extraordinary ones, envisaged by the Priu, such as the possibility of interventions in self-defence by the agricultural entrepreneur even in Protected Areas – explains the President of Coldiretti Novara-Vco Fabio Tofi – giving continuity to the previous ones and urgently making the new ones effective”.
“Since companies have invested to adapt in terms of biosecurity, it is absolutely necessary to preserve the 3 pig districts identified in Piedmont, within which there cannot be wild boars, within a radius of 15 kilometres. Reason why the Region must commit to implementing all the actions necessary for the total removal of wild boars, involving all the relevant bodies, including the Parks – highlights the Director Luciano Salvadori – A problem, therefore, for which there is no more time to lose and which must be among the priorities of the new regional council as soon as it takes office”.
