VIDEO | Bergamo, wolves hunting with their 4 young ones on the Orobie

The provincial police's camera traps immortalize the herd dealing with a deer carcass.The wolf cubs born a few months ago

The two wolves of Val Seriana, reported by the Bergamo provincial police since last winter, they have expanded the herd giving birth to four wolf cubs. This was confirmed by the Commander of the Bergamo Provincial Police Matteo Copia:“the arrival of the wolf on the Orobie is in some ways physiological, we expected it, because the Apennines are saturated and in both the eastern and western Alps there had already been stable populations for some time - he explains - but it is good to remember that the return of large predators such as wolves and bears are however a biological indicator synonymous with a well-preserved and healthy territory, from the naturalistic and biodiversity point of view".

THE WOLF WOLFS BORN A FEW MONTHS AGO

The definitive confirmation of the litter came from camera traps positioned a few days ago in Val di Scalve. The four wolf cubs, already a few months old, bring the number of specimens present to six.The suspicion is therefore confirmed that i two adult wolves spotted since last December in the Upper Seriana Valley, including one without a paw, they were a male and female couple.The provincial police carried out swabs to carry out genetic analyzes that can reveal where the specimens that gave rise to the herd in Val Seriana came from.The “Bergamo” wolves they move over a vast area that includes the upper Seriana Valley and the Scalve Valley, including the Pizzo della Presolana.It is wrong to expect a population explosion after this first settlement, specifies the Province.“A pack of wolves has a range of up to 500 square kilometers, and its presence precludes the arrival of other wolves.”

COMPENSATION FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER PREDATION, HERE'S HOW

Anyone who suffers predation has the right to receive a compensation as part of the Lombardy Region project “Life WolfAlps”, aimed at the conservation of the wolf and the improvement of coexistence with man.In case of predation it is essential to contact the Provincial Police operations room (toll-free number 800 35 00 35) and do not touch the carcass, to allow for the necessary measurements.But the provincial police "based on the reports received and the findings carried out in recent months", denies that the Val Seriana herd is raiding domestic animals."About ten raids on farm animals" were counted, in particular goats killed during the summer between Valzurio and the Scalve Valley and some sheep attacked a few days ago in Ardesio, between the town of Piazzolo and the Ave district. "A small number“, concludes the Provincial Police, who estimated the presence during the summer of at least 10 thousand heads of sheep, goats, cattle and horses located in at least a dozen mountain pastures ranging from the Sedornia Valley to the Manina, to the Barbarossa, up to the pastures straddling the Omini pass and on the slopes of Timogno, Benfit and Avert.

FEW ATTACKS, THE HERD FEEDS ON WILD ANIMALS

Wolves, on the other hand, as the camera trap images also show, they mostly fed on wild animals “widely present in our mountains, also fulfilling the function of regulating the wildlife typical of large carnivores.Deer, for example, are the subject of a consistent regional culling plan as they are present in excess", conclude the agents of the organization in via Tasso.