Something is moving at the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise on the front of the protection of Marsican bears from Bovina TBC.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himSomething is moving at the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise on the front of the protection of Marsican bears from Bovine TB. Last September 17, when a breeder was sued for having evaded the mandatory prophylaxis of its leaders in the pastures, the urgent intervention of the Forestry and Park Guards has been given. This operation made it possible to identify and gather the cattle that were grazing free in the municipality of Gioia dei Marsi, north of the protected area.
Bovine TB is a contagious infectious disease, which causes multi-organ lesions in the host and is an infection that can spread to other animals and also put public health at risk.
But let's go in order: in 2012 the Ministry of Health showed that in 2011 not all animals had been subjected to the mandatory tests for bovine tuberculosis. Last March due to bovine TB A female Marsican bear was found dead, already a fragile and endangered species. According to the report, it is very likely that the infection came from the cows that usually graze in the wild in the Abruzzo Park.
After the actions of the Forestry Corps and the Park Surveillance Service, the animals suspected of being infected will now be subjected to all necessary health checks.
The health hazard already abundantly reported by theAssociation Salviamo L'Orso it had a greater public relevance only after the press release of the Park Authority and the CFS. The association, which was created for the protection of the bear and the areas where it lives, also denounces the superficiality of the trade associations that they initially accused them of excessive alarmism.
Already in May of this year the Minister Galletti he had declared
“The protection of the Marsican Bear is a serious and concrete commitment of the Ministry of the Environment which operates in this field in agreement with the Ministry of Health. However, even in the light of Fr.rotocollo for the conservation of the Marsican bear signed on March 27 between this Ministry, the Regions of Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise and the Abruzzo Park, there is great attention on the repercussions that health problems have for the conservation of the bear ”, underlined the Minister. "The topic was on the agenda of the administrations concerned, all the more so as a result of recent events an in-depth study is underway by the Technical Roundtable and a new meeting at the Ministry of Health is expected very soon."
However, these claims date back to May. Where are we at? In light of the latest events, despite the action carried out by the Park body for the capture of suspicious cows, what does the Ministry say? Perhaps the time has really come for the minister to respond with concrete actions to protect the health status of the Park's fauna.
And the PATOM? Environmental associations are waiting for the PATOM Management Authority (Action Plan for the Protection of the Marsican Bear) finally put into practice the conservation actions n they have always promised.
Let's save the bear, will continue to ask for greater guarantees towards this unique species, such as more financial resources for the preservation of the bear and the eradication of the risk of Bovine Tuberculosis, "so that the Park returns to being first and foremost the home of the bear ".
Christian Prior
