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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...

Within the Stelvio National Park, within 5 years, approximately 1500 deer will be killed and their meat will be sold at 3.50 euros per kilo.The intervention is justified by the fact that the overall deer population would be so numerous to cause ecological imbalances.The killings are part of the "Deer Conservation and Management Plan", in which hunters will be directly involved.To achieve the objective, the slaughter of 180 deer was planned for the first two years, while for the following three years the limit is 400 animals per year.All things considered, thus, approximately 900 specimens will remain.Despite the opposition of animal rights activists, the provincial council gave the green light to the Plan in November 2022 with the approval of a resolution presented by the vice-president and councilor for the environment, Marco Tonina.According to the institutions, the overabundance of deer in the Trentino section of the protected area has caused negative repercussions on both...