With the suspension of the Abruzzo Hunting Calendar, the inadequacy of our country's current management model is once again highlighted. Those who decide what's best for the land, wildlife, and the environment aren't technicians and scientific institutes, but judges and lawyers.
Rome, August 18, 2021 – Accepting the appeal filed in recent days by the environmental associations WWF, ENPA, LIPU, LAV, and LNDC Animal Protection against the Abruzzo Region, the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has ordered the complete suspension of the regional hunting calendar until the hearing set for September 8.
"Once again, we are faced with legal discussions and technicalities regarding the proper conduct of hunting activities. Appeals and legal proceedings seem to be the only means by which wildlife planning is discussed. We've reached the point where not even a positive opinion from ISPRA is sufficient to safeguard hunting calendars from appeals, as demonstrated by the case of Abruzzo, where even those parts of the hunting calendar that the Environmental Institute deemed not to be under discussion were suspended." This was how Massimo Buconi, National President of Federcaccia, commented on the news of the Abruzzo Regional Administrative Court's decision.
“Naturally, this time too, Federcaccia will be alongside the Region with its technicians and lawyers to support hunters and legal certainty, and will do everything in its power to ensure that the hearing on September 8 rejects the specious arguments of the anti-hunting associations,” continued President Buconi. “The fact remains that it is no longer tolerable that any decision in the field of wildlife and hunting management be undermined by appeals made deliberately and with complete impunity to prevent the regular running of the hunting season or the activities carried out to control wild fauna, from wild boar to coypu, often in open conflict with the interests and safety of citizens.
Politics cannot continue to wink at an animal-environmentalist world that has repeatedly demonstrated its concern not for the true protection of the environment and agricultural businesses, but only for creating obstacles to legal and sustainable activity for mere ideology. I believe the time is ripe for all rural stakeholders to unite and make their voices heard by politicians and the government," Buconi concluded.
Taken from Federcaccia.org
