The likelihood of speeding into wildlife crossing Sardinian roads has increased dramatically. This danger is particularly acute in the former province of Cagliari (including Sulcis Iglesiente and Medio Campidano), but it also affects the rest of the island in significant numbers: Alghero, Arzachena, Sassari, and Olbia in particular. Three people have died in the last two years in Pula, Ploaghe, and Illorai .
Over the last five years, 5,800 road accidents involving wildlife have been reported on the island : practically double the number, considering that in the previous five years there had been around three thousand.
The Region has established guidelines for preparing provincial and metropolitan wildlife containment plans. And no, a wild west of hunter-gathering is not on the agenda .
Among the local authorities, however, there are those who support a more radical solution. "The Region has passed the problem onto the municipalities," frets Ignazio Locci, president of the CAL (Council of Local Authorities) and mayor of Sant'Antioco, who leads the ranks of mayors who want to loosen the restrictions on wild boar hunting .
From Pula, Walter Cabasino takes a more lenient stance: "A professional is putting the finishing touches to a project," the mayor explains, "for which the Region has allocated us €208,000. It involves installing eight deterrents along State Road 195 , at wildlife crossing points identified by Forestas."
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