Cecchini Valentina, Franchini Marcello, Benfatto Michele, Filacorda Stefano, Corazzin Mirco, Bovolenta Stefano
Department of Agrifood, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Hunting Service and Fishing Resources, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Via Sabbadini 31, 33100 Udine, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2023 Dec 21;14(1):42. doi: 10.3390/ani14010042.
Hunting is a method commonly used in several European countries to reduce crop damages by wild boar . However, results are still controversial and poorly treated. Using data on official claims (i.e., damages to crops) and wild boar local counts and hunting bags collected from 2019 to 2022, the purpose of this work was to evaluate the effect of the hunting system (divided into eradication and non-eradication areas) carried out in the north-east of Italy on the number of agricultural damages. The spatio-temporal distribution of wild boar hunting, density and damages as well as the effect of hunting, were evaluated through the hotspot analysis and the zero-inflated models, respectively. The results obtained revealed no clear spatial overlap among wild boar hunting, wild boar density and damages to agriculture in both the eradication and non-eradication areas. Moreover, the current level of harvesting did not significantly affect the number of agricultural damages. A multifaceted approach focused on the numeric control of the species based on accurate local counts and oriented towards more age classes in a similar percentage should be preferred to mitigate damages to cultivars.
狩猎是欧洲几个国家常用的一种减少野猪对农作物造成损害的方法。然而，其效果仍存在争议且研究不足。利用2019年至2022年收集的官方索赔数据（即农作物受损情况）以及野猪的当地数量和狩猎捕获量，这项工作的目的是评估意大利东北部实施的狩猎系统（分为根除区和非根除区）对农业受损数量的影响。分别通过热点分析和零膨胀模型评估了野猪狩猎的时空分布、密度和损害情况以及狩猎的效果。所得结果表明，在根除区和非根除区，野猪狩猎、野猪密度和农业损害之间均未发现明显的空间重叠。此外，当前的捕猎水平并未对农业损害数量产生显著影响。为减轻对农作物的损害，应优先采用一种多方面的方法，该方法基于准确的当地数量统计对该物种进行数量控制，并针对相似比例的更多年龄组。
