Naples. Injured and abandoned on the street, near the Maschio Angioino, the “patient” recovered by the CRAS of the University of Naples Federico II and treated by the veterinary doctors of the ASL Napoli 1 Centro is now ready to be “discharged”. The story is that of a very young female Peregrine falcon found on May 26, then treated in the Veterinary Hospital of the ASL Napoli 1 Centro.
“Partenope”, this is the name with which the falcon was renamed by the commissioner, is about 4 months old and given the place where it was found, it is almost certainly the sister of the Peregrine falcons born from the pair that nests right on the castle ramparts. The falcon immediately appeared very thin, debilitated and severely dehydrated with a swelling on the left elbow. Through an x-ray examination it was found that the injury to the elbow was actually a contusion, probably due to an impact with the ground or the castle walls. «Although less serious than a fracture – explain the veterinarians – a lesion of this type at the joint level leads to a certainly reserved prognosis». Evaluation also supported by the sensitivity of the Peregrine falcon, an animal extremely specialized in hunting in flight at high speeds, and which therefore has narrower margins of recovery when it comes to joint pathologies. The veterinarians never gave up, after having stabilized the falcon they administered an anti-inflammatory and analgesic therapy, and then continued with a specific physiotherapy for the total restoration of the functionality of the affected wing. After about fifteen days Partenope was transferred to the external rehabilitation department, in an aviary where the completion of the pre-adaptation took place through the restoration of physical and behavioral functions.
Wednesday 10 July 2019 at 18,00:XNUMX Partenope will be returned to its natural environment, freed inside the Parco della Mostra d'Oltremare. The President of the Regional Council of Campania Vincenzo De Luca will be present on the occasion of the return of Partenope to life in freedom.
"We chose this name and this place - explains the extraordinary commissioner Ciro Verdoliva - because the liberation of this falcon has a high symbolic value for us. Just as for athletes sport is often a driving force for equality and redemption, for us at ASL Napoli 1 Centro the freedom of Partenope wants to be a symbol of a relaunch action started with difficulty but also with pride".
THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Law 157/92, which regulates the management of wild fauna in Italy, delegates to the Regions the task of regulating their rescue and detention for the purpose of release. In the Campania Region, the management of wild fauna is regulated by LR 26/2012 and subsequent amendments. With Executive Decree no. 94 of 06.05.2010, the first Wild Animal Recovery Center (CRAS) of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production – University of Naples Federico II was established in the Campania Region, with its operational headquarters at the Veterinary Hospital of the ASL Napoli 1 Centro, a facility specialized in the provision of highly complex health services. The C.RA.S. Federico II of Naples operates, within the scope of its activities, in synergy with the Regional Reference Center for Urban Veterinary Hygiene (CRIUV), established by the Regional Council of Campania with resolution no. 1940 of 30/12/2009 as an operational tool for in-depth analysis and risk analysis in the field of veterinary urban hygiene. The CRIUV has among its objectives the development of risk management models related to the presence of synanthropic animals in urban agglomerations and the development of eco-epidemiological strategies applicable in all the AA.SS.LL. of the Region using animals as environmental sentinels. The purpose of the CRAS (Wild Animal Recovery Center) is to reintroduce wild fauna into nature, if the conditions exist, following hospitalization, treatment with highly specialized healthcare services (clinical, surgical and diagnostic) and rehabilitation carried out at the center. Furthermore, the role of monitoring the territory assumed by the CRAS is fundamental, as fauna represents an excellent bio-indicator capable of providing relevant information on the health conditions of the environment in which the animals live.
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