Italy is invaded by 2.3 million wild boars in the cities and countryside, and it is necessary to intervene urgently for their containment to defend the safety of people and agricultural production. The herds go closer and closer to homes and schools, to parks, destroy crops, attack animals, besiege stables, cause road accidents with deaths and injuries and rummage through waste with obvious health risks. The situation has become unsustainable in the city and in the countryside, with incalculable economic damage to agricultural production but the environmental balance of vast territorial ecosystems in areas of natural value is also compromised with the loss of both animal and plant biodiversity, and the risks for livestock and the Made in Italy at the table for the spread of African plague. The invasion of streets and squares by the wild animals is experienced by citizens as a real emergency: eight Italians out of 10 (81%) - according to the Coldiretti/Ixè survey - think that the issue should be addressed with the use of culling, especially by hiring specialized personnel to reduce their presence, also because one Italian adult out of four (26%) found themself face to face with these animals.
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