The Trento TAR has suspended the killing of Jj4 and Mj5 bears until June 27. “The lives of the bears are safe for now,” writes Lav, who has appealed against the culling orders to other associations such as Enpa and Oipa. The possibilities of transferring them are concrete and real and Lav, we learn, will deposit the required in-depth analysis of the project to bring the animals to a safe place in a safe haven, assuming all the costs. The hearing on the merits of the Tar will take place on December 14 and Lav believes that to date Jj4 and Mj5 cannot be killed.
The Tar de Trento “recognizes how the appeals” against the decisions of the Province to kill two “dangerous specimens” of bears “are not supported by a supposed legal basis and already recognizes profiles of inappropriateness.” The province of Trento underlines this in a note, adding that “the acts of the Administration are therefore considered adequate and fully motivated, in light of an in-depth investigation.” “The Tar de Trento declares that the alternative measures to the abatement have been duly assessed by the Province,” the note specifies.
Orsi, Fugatti: “The Tar does not question the decisions of the Province”
“We welcome Trento Tar’s decision to temporarily suspend the killing of the JJ4 bear.”, add Enpa, Leidaa and Oipa, who jointly filed an appeal against the decrees of the president of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Maurizio Fugatti. “The measure of sacrifice and therefore the killing of the bear JJ4 is unfounded, since there are valid alternatives”, affirm the three associations. “We have prepared some proposals, which we will develop in the coming weeks, precisely to demonstrate that it is not necessary to knock down JJ4. The bear will be able to go live in a place far away from the Casteller and higher up. all very different, there is some very encouraging history where the animals have been transferred and are well and live in situations compatible with their ethological needs”. Enpa, Leidaa and Oipa underline that an attempt was made, “with arrogance”, to impose an abatement measure that is unfounded because there are viable alternatives: “We have already partially demonstrated it and in the coming weeks we will demonstrate it again. It continues to be inexplicable and absurd that the Province of Trento insisted yesterday on killing it as if it were the only possible solution and that the Ministry of the Environment withdrew from the decision on the life of the bear, property of the State”, they conclude.
In a press release, WWF Italy “expresses its concern to guarantee the psychophysical well-being of the bear Jj4, which has been locked up for weeks in the Casteller wildlife center in unsustainable confinement conditions” and “reaffirms the importance of concentrating attention and energy on finding real and shared solutions for coexistence between humans and bears in Trentino.” For WWF, “the dramatic story of the murder of Andrea Papi at the hands of the bear Jj4 last April has revealed clear responsibilities. We must once again entrust ourselves to science, an approach unfortunately forgotten in recent years, during which the The bear has been “managed”. “More on a political and demagogic level than on a technical-scientific level”. “The responsibilities of the Province of Trento – continues the NGO – can also be highlighted by deepening the reading of the Pacobace (Interregional Plan for the Conservation of the Brown Bear in the Central-Eastern Alps). The Plan provided for communication and education events aimed at residents and tourists who are largely inactive. In recent years, despite the foreseeable increase in the number of bears, no effort has been made to encourage the expansion of the population in other areas of the central-eastern Alpine arc, as Life Ursus had initially predicted. Project Y effective prevention work has not been done
Meanwhile, in the government meeting with the majority dedicated to the decree on the PA, The green light has come from the executive to the Lega and Fdi amendments that authorize foresters from Friuli Venezia Giulia and Trentino Alto Adige to use the so-called pepper spray to defend themselves against bear attacks. Ansa learns it from the participants in the meeting. The reform will be voted on starting next Tuesday in the Chamber’s Constitutional Affairs and Labor committees. of the appearance of behavioral problems in bears”.
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“If it weren’t for the bear, the Abruzzo National Park and the park’s tourist attraction would not exist”: these are the words of the mayor of Alfedena (L’Aquila), Luigi Milano. (DRIVE)
