It is an open hunt for pigeons in Como. The Province has already issued 80 licenses of "assistants in the numerical control of the pigeon"
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himComo a real authorized extermination of pigeons, for which the Province has enlisted 80 hunters. Eighty snipers ready to hit the unfortunate Como birds guilty only of flying.
For this theCouncilor for hunting, which for a strange joke of the case is called Mario Colombo, he thought, probably, that a solution would have been to kill them: “There are thousands and they haunt stables and warehouses. In addition to destroying the fields and damaging the crops, they also create hygiene problems, ”she said.
And so the administration, through the Department of Hunting, has promoted a training course for the issue of the license assistant in the numerical control of the pigeon, already achieved by 80 snipers / hunters.
But Colombo, the commissioner, after the protests of the animal rights activists corrected the shot a little explaining that it is also true that there will be killing, but they will have a purpose “deterrent”. In fact, according to him, the hope is that the poor birds "being continually disturbed by the human presence, decide to move away from the fields at least until the seeds have germinated".
Air guys, to the sound of shotguns. Keep on Colombo: “The main problem is however represented by the human animal. In the mountains there is no overpopulation of pigeons because there the species regulates itself in a natural way. In cities and heavily populated plains, on the other hand, there is much more food and consequently pigeons, rats and cockroaches proliferate. We complain about pests, but in reality the most pest of all is there our".
But according to the commissioner, it was a measure that was the result of years of reflection and reports by farmers. Precisely because of the excessive damage they complained of, the Province decided for a drastic solution. Clearly there is also the economic implication: “Whenever pigeons, wild boars and deer cause crop problems, the Province must intervene and reimburse the losses. This has a significant impact on the budget - continues Colombo - And besides the economic aspect, the hygienic aspect must not be neglected “.
The fault, as always, lies with man. Columbus, at least this, seems to have recognized him. And in the meantime i pigeons their hours are numbered. To make ends meet balance sheets public.
Francesca Mancuso
