The environmental associations have managed, through an appeal, to obtain from the Tar of Sardinia the suspension of the diving duck hunting season (the Pochard or Aythya ferina) which should have started next Sunday, 18 September.
But the Legal Intervention Group (GRIG), WWF Italy, the League for the Abolition of Hunting, Enpa, Lav, Lipu-BirdLife Italy and Lndc Animal Protection also aim to obtain the suspension of the hunt for Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) and others. species of Anatidae and Turdidae (beginning of the season scheduled for 13 October).
Furthermore, the appeal of the environmental associations asks the administrative judiciary to express itself on the merits of the hunting forecast for November 1 and January 6 2023, in days of hunting silence. The collegiate hearing is set for 5 October.
"Absurd potential game bags from 35,987 officially authorized hunters: 107,961 specimens of Pochard and 899,675 specimens of Lapwing - underlines the Grig - This latest judicial measure is the fourteenth consecutive since 2017 and fits well into a long series of very heavy censorship of the island's regional hunting calendars of recent years , which have seen a regional administration unfortunately prone to the pressure of hunting associations in contrast with the minimum common sense necessary for the correct management of the fauna heritage, a sign of bad will and regional capacity to manage the fauna heritage ".
Meanwhile, in the coming weeks, after the opinion of Ispra, the Region will have to take a decision in relation to the proposed hunting of the Sardinian partridge (Alectoris barbara), the Sardinian hare (Lepus capensis mediterraneus) and the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
(Unioneonline / lf)
