«The complaints from cattle breeders about the blue tongue emergency in Gallura (stereotype 8) had been coming for some time but have gone unheard . As have Coldiretti's requests for supplies of vaccines that would have kept the market active. Instead, today the block on movements is being extended, bringing an entire sector to its knees ».
This is what Coldiretti announces in a note, which also specifies that the blockade from small areas near Olbia and a few other municipalities has now been extended to a radius of 20 kilometers, stopping practically all of Gallura. A "serious and no longer acceptable" situation , the alarm, and "which is damaging thousands of companies ."
Yet a memorandum of understanding between the Health and Agriculture departments with the Zooprophylactic Institute Izs for bovine vaccinations had been defined, but was never made operational . " A mockery and further damage for companies already burdened and exhausted by the drought crisis - underline Antonello Fois and Ermanno Mazzetti , president and director of Coldiretti Nord Sardegna - also because the vaccines are there but have been made available exclusively for the sheep vaccination campaign ".
"We expected immediate intervention from the institutions to immediately provide vaccines to a sector in crisis" Fois and Mazzetti continue. Because " every day that passes the problem becomes more serious as well as the economic damage . We have the tools and all the conditions are there but once again the will to implement the necessary actions is lacking to the detriment of our breeders".
"We knew this situation would arise and there was the possibility of anticipating events with at least one dose of vaccines administered and therefore being able to allow movements even in the presence of restricted areas - underlines for the breeders , Anacli delegate for Sardinia - . Now we already know that before October it will not be possible to move the animals and it is unthinkable to live through this situation, we are talking about that are already in a moment of serious crisis between lack of hay, lack of water due to drought". "Someone - the conclusion - is responsible for this and must take it. , we cannot always think that there is never someone responsible and that everything is always on the shoulders of the breeders".
