Letter from LNDC Animal Protection on the regional wolf management plan
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The Piedmont Region is drafting a regional plan for wolf management. In this context, the LNDC Animal Protection association has sent a letter to the Region's president, Alberto Cirio, and to the regional councillor for agriculture, Paolo Bongioanni, putting forward proposals for drafting the document. The association made its position public on 8 November 2026, after a meeting of the regional coordination panel tasked with working on the plan [1][2].
Content of the letter
LNDC asks that the future plan should not become, in the association's words, «yet another occasion to legitimise killings», but should instead be a tool for investing in prevention and coexistence with the species. The association's president, Piera Rosati, states: «Removing a few individuals does not stop other wolves from frequenting the same areas or new predation from occurring. What is needed instead is to address the conditions that favour conflict, by investing in protection and prevention measures. Coexistence is not built with rifles» [1][2].
Among the measures listed in the letter are electrified fencing, night shelters for livestock, flock surveillance, and properly selected and managed guard dogs. The association also cites the Dilupoli project, launched in Liguria, which is testing artificial-intelligence-based devices and pheromone collars to reduce the risk of predation: according to data from trials conducted in Switzerland, cited by LNDC, these tools reduced predation by around 2.5 times [1][2].
The process for the regional plan
The draft of the regional wolf management plan is expected to be ready by the end of January 2027. A public consultation period will follow, before adoption by the regional executive (Giunta) and subsequent passage through the Regional Council. Among the goals set out by councillor Bongioanni is identifying the measures the Region can adopt on its own to reduce conflicts between the presence of wolves and human activities, without having to seek a preliminary opinion from ISPRA every time [1][2].
LNDC is asking that the consultation period on the draft be «genuinely open and participatory» and that animal welfare and environmental associations be able to contribute to it as well [1][2].
Sources
- TorinoOggi — 10 November 2026
- Quotidiano Piemontese — 10 November 2026