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Rome’s incessant troubles with waste management and piling trash have for long been compounded by the presence of wild boars on the streets of several of its districts. So much so, that it had even led to the speculation that the presence of these animals was responsible for the electoral defeat of ex-mayor Virginia Raggi.
Now, there is a proposal from the Italian Association for the defence of animals and the environment (Aidaea) to the incumbent mayor Roberto Gualtieri that claims to hold the key to solving the problem. Their idea: implement sterilization and distance adoption for the boars, the same way this is done for homeless cats and dogs.
The proposal calls for the sterilization of the roaming animals that can frequently be found on the streets of the Italian capital, and also for their adoption.
"The plan studied in detail provides for the creation of special areas on the outskirts of the city where wild boars can be housed after their capture and sterilization, whereas the distance adoption plan would allow, as is currently the case for dogs and cats, their management by the facilities that host them at very low cost. Of course, at the same time, the cleaning of the city should be completed in order to reduce the arrivals of new animals, which are attracted by the rubbish still present in various areas of Rome," explain the activists, as quoted by Roma Today.
Aidaea is confident that such an initiative could be completed within a few months only with the enlisting of the help of veterinarians.
"There are Italian and European pilot projects that we can refer to. Certainly, sterilization and liberation in the wild would be an incomplete solution. It is instead necessary to provide for a more detailed project that includes reception areas as we foresee them in ours," conclude the animal rights activists of Aidaea.
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