The problem of overpopulation of deer and wild boars in Cabaneros National Park It is closer to the solution. The Independent Parks Agency, the Castilla-La Mancha Community Council, are the owners of the Cabaneros property, the largest in the country. … Protected space, reached Prior agreement This will allow the start of monitoring the numbers of ungulates, the number of which has doubled since the law entered into force in 2020. Hunting ban Sports and commercial activities in all national parks.
This is the first prior agreement between private ownership in Cabaneros and the authorities, which have been at loggerheads since the parks law came into effect. That rule He objected to hunting Commercial and sports activities in protected places, but in return, the administration had to determine compensation for the cessation of activity among those affected. These economic compensations have not reached Cabaneros, while the numbers of deer and wild boars are increasing to the point of harming the flora and fauna of the natural space without the ability of the owners of the ranches, which represent 44% of the park, to act.
Now, after months of negotiations, the latest meeting of the Cabaneros National Park Board of Trustees has given the green light to start the project. Cooperation agreement Between the aforementioned farm and the authorities. The text addresses the management of deer and wild boar populations, which will be budgeted to allow for their owners Cover expenses In animal extraction operations. The goal is that the outcome for property owners is the outcome for some “neutral accounts” Explains forest engineer and spokesman for the Association of Affected People of the Cabaneros National Park, Rafael Sanchez. However, the prior agreement has not been signed yet, but it is likely to be closed and other new agreements will be reached in the coming months with the rest of the farms in the region, he noted.
Quotas
Sanchez believes that the planned quotas (about 1,200 samples per year among deer and wild boar), They will fall short To control the current overpopulation of ungulates, because they are outdated. He emphasizes that they are “minimal.” Moreover, the advance agreement does not address compensation provided for in the Parks Act for loss of economic resources, a point subject to jurisdiction.
said Susana Jara, Director General of Natural Environment and Biodiversity of Castilla-La Mancha, who revealed that only Environmental organizations Presents on the Board of Trustees (Ecologists in Action, WWF and SEO/Birdlife). In the event of final approval, the cooperation agreement will be extended for the next two years.