Professor Chr. Vlachos for wild boars: They must be killed – The accident with 2 dead and 4 injured in Kilkis will be repeated

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The professor emphasized that the problem is big and is not being addressed, or at least so far, it has not been addressed

The professor emeritus of the School of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment of the AUTH is sounding the alarm for the increasingly frequent occurrences of wild boars in the urban fabric of both the prefecture of Thessaloniki and other regions of the country. Christos Vlachos.

Speaking to the Thessaloniki radio station Status 107.7 and in the show of Dimitris Venieris, the professor underlined that the problem is big and is not being addressed, or at least so far, it has not been addressed. Some positive measures have been taken, but the increase in the number of mammals is a European and global problem as, in addition to climate change, man has modified, altered, or invaded their environment, changed the balance.

We have also made wrong strategies in management with hybridization with subsidies that we have started with some subsidies in 2006“, noted the professor and explained how this hybrid emerged, which is also the species we see appearing in cities, looking for food, and even reproduces at a high rate.

Mr. Vlahos emphasized that it is a big mistake to transfer them to another natural environment and release them there. He even warned that we will have another tragedy like in Kilkis, where about a month ago, a herd of wild boars, which descended on the road on the new national road Thessaloniki – Neo Petritsiou, caused a three-car pileup, with a tragic toll of two dead and four injured.

It is a tragic mistake to take hybrids from one area and release them, and genetically degrade other areas as well. These hybrids must have been killed yesterday. They are edible. To be health checked, and given to structures, to people in need. With an organized system. There must be an extinction of the hybrid, even if that sounds more or less immoral.

Coordinated by the state with groups of experienced hunters who will participate and be coordinated by the Forestry Departments. We had made proposals in Thessaloniki for Sheikh-Sou, censuses must be made, high densities recorded, identifications made. It is not a simple matter. We make a tragic mistake in the environment and try to eliminate it in one day. It can not be done. He wants systematically because, the accident that happened in Kilkis, mark the date, will happen again».

Full interview here

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