As announced last December, Trentino-Alto Adige Governor Maurizio Fugatti had his council approve the bill, which calls for the killing of a maximum of eight bears per year. The text was presented to the council by forest councilor Roberto Failoni and was inspired by the Ispra report titled “Trentino’s bear population: demographic analysis to support the assessment of possible management options”.
Green light: Eight bears could be killed a year in Trentino
The document, used as a scientific basis to justify the law, states that in Trentino it is possible to kill up to eight specimens of plant species per year (up to two adult females and up to two adult males) without risking their survival. risk.presence in the area. “This is the result of an agreement with the Government – explained Failoni – it represents a significant change of pace and at the same time a result that looks at the specifics of our region. Thus, we stop the increase in the sowing grade. Guaranteeing the safety of the population, but also the work of farmers and those working in the forestry environment “With the effect of improving conditions, we hope to receive approval before the bears wake up.”
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Strengthening the councillor’s position, Fugatti himself adds: “With this step, we have an additional tool that gives us institutional, scientific and political power that we did not have before. A decision that goes in a clear direction: the authorities will ensure that we are not the only ones who think that the problem exists.” Make him understand.” However, the path followed by the law seems to be very winding, because it will have to deal with the divisions announced by the majority itself, as well as the wall announced by the opposition. The voice that rose in the chorus was Francesca Gerosa, vice president of Fratelli d’Italia, who voted in favor “with reservations”, announcing that her party would present amendments. “The time available for all necessary investigations is very short,” she explained.
5 Star Movement’s attack: “Wrong decision, madness”
Strongly opposing the bill approved by the Fugatti council is the 5 Star Movement, which left its position to the note of former Minister of the Environment Sergio Costa, who is now vice-president of the Chamber. “In Trento – writes Costa – the proposal of the head of the autonomous state, Fugatti, to kill eight bears a year is law. This is madness: eight bears a year! It is incredible that the only promise that this majority has managed to fulfill is only those who are against biodiversity and ecosystems. It is a bad decision for which we will ask for an explanation from the minister in charge and for which Europe should also intervene. In fact, the repopulation of large carnivores is part of a European project that finances it. The inter-parliamentary group on animals, in which the majority is located, also needs to intervene. Otherwise, the animals that should be protected for them, social “The dogs and kittens they use to get easy media approval?”
Brambilla: “Fugatti is obsessed with large carnivores”
The parliamentary intergroup group responsible for Animal Rights and Environmental Protection is headed by Michela Vittoria Brambilla, who immediately rejected the proposal put forward by Fugatti: “The government will block the Fugatti bill if it is approved by the provincial assembly – shouted Brambilla – because it is clearly contrary to European rules and our Constitution “If the Government does not take action to at least avoid a specific infringement procedure, we will appeal to all appropriate forums to have our reasons recognized and the lives of the bears saved. Fugatti, whose government will be remembered only for its obsession with large carnivores, is truly speechless.”
Source: Today IT
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