A group of volunteers spent the summer in the mountain pastures of the Mont Avic park
The experimental project on the wolf in Valle d’Aosta called “Pasturs” has come to an end. During the summer, a group of volunteers joined the Mont Avic park breeders to monitor the presence of the predator and collaborate in the surveillance and prevention of attacks on livestock.
The “Pasturs” project involved a total of sixteen specially trained volunteers. From the youngest, 18-year-old Lorenzo, to Elena, 45, the group spent seven weeks on the mountain pastures helping farmers with protection systems (from power grids to wolf dogs) and cattle management.
“Pasturs” was created by the Eliante social cooperative and the Mont Avic Natural Park with the patronage of the Municipality of Chambave and the support of CVA. “Thanks to the camera traps installed by the Natural Park – explain the promoters of the environmental protection initiative – it was possible to have evidence of the nocturnal passage of some wolf specimens near the Pra Oursie pasture, as well as a direct sighting at La Cerise in the early evening hours: the uncertain and foggy weather of the first weeks of experimentation required particular attention, especially in terms of surveillance and contextual annotation of livestock behavior, in order to better understand the behavioral dynamics of the animals and prevent any predations “.
The forest station of Verrès also collaborated in the experimentation which, for the organizers, ends successfully. “You can live peacefully with the wolf,” they say.
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