abruzzo

With a resolution approved last August 8, the centre-right council of the Abruzzo Region, led by President Marco Marsilio, officially authorized the killing of almost 500 deer starting next October 14th.Among the reasons given for the green light for the measure, the fact that the specimens would be numerically excessive, would cause too much damage to agriculture and would constitute a risk for road safety.If the associations of breeders and farmers claimed victory, the animal rights organizations reacted harshly.In particular, the WWF harshly criticized the decision, defining it as harmful to biodiversity, and underlining that, instead of opting to cull the deer, the Region could have implement preventative solutions, such as the use of fences and deterrents, through the use of PNRR funds. The plan predicts, specifically, a "selective sampling" by authorized hunters in two areas of the Abruzzo area of ​​L'Aquila, called District 1 and District 2, with the aim of...

After a night blitz by the centre-right majority parties, the Abruzzo Regional Council gave the green light to an amendment which overturned the Borsacchio Reserve.The natural area, which extended over 1,100 hectares with its centuries-old woods, between Roseto degli Abruzzi and the hamlets of Cologna Spiaggia and Montepagano, has in fact been reduced by 98%, to less than 25 hectares.The territory of the Reserve is one of the last stretches of the Abruzzo coast that retains characteristics of environmental and landscape integrity.However, there is now a real risk that construction investors interested in building will show up and start deface even what remains of it.Following the approval of the amendment, protests were unleashed by opposition parties and environmentalist associations, who in particular targeted Marco Marsilio, governor of Abruzzo and former parliamentarian of the Brothers of Italy.A well-attended flash mob against the majority's coup was organized on the first day of...