Post holidays
We spent the Christmas holidays in a polemic that was certainly unnecessary regarding a law in force in the amendments to the approved budgetAn extremely specious controversy initiated by the Free Hunting Association over a politically motivated amendment to simplify the tax regime for private hunting. In fact, the aforementioned amendment neither abolishes nor weakens social hunting, does not amend Law 157/92, and does not affect Article 842 of the Civil Code (the one that allows us to enter other people's land without prior permission), and does not increase the area designated for wildlife hunting operations, which remains capped at 15% of the territory, as per current law.
Environmental improvement obligations
This is purely a technical-fiscal provision that introduces greater transparency and accountability in the management of private institutions, maintaining unchanged the obligations and limitations already established by current legislation. This allows them to be managed as businesses, without being forced into ambiguous or irregular forms of service provision, while still upholding the obligations of environmental improvement for the benefit of biodiversity and habitat maintenance. Protecting hunting, if it is to be pursued, requires concrete proposals and participation in the actual political processes of drafting regulations, not alarmist interpretations that only serve the interests of those who disagree with hunting. How this amendment came about, and whether it is truly urgent for hunting and hunters, remains a matter of political decision, given that the proposed amendment to Law 157/92 remains unclear. If anything, we hoped, and continue to hope, for a regulation on the tax regime of Territorial Hunting Areas and Alpine Districts, for much-needed clarity amid the conflicting opinions of tax inspectors across the country.
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Active land management
The amendment in question also aims to promote active land management by enhancing the value of those inland areas, often marginal, yet of great importance for biodiversity and the maintenance of the social fabric and survival of local communities who live, work, and pass on values and traditions that are at risk of disappearing, of which hunting is a key component. Because, as it should also be emphasized, the environment requires economic investment to be properly managed. Unless, as some environmentalists do, we believe that nature regulates itself and that the environment can be protected with words alone. It's worth remembering, without raising a fuss, that private hunting facilities are frequented by a large number of hunters, particularly agritourism and hunting farms, not only for hunting trips but also for dog training, competitions, rallies, and dog shows.
Nothing to be ashamed of
Just think of the Alpine hunters who, once October ends and culling plans are quickly closed, either all go after woodcock and wild boar, or, due to the hunting option that prevents access to the ATC plains, are left with only the option of private hunting lodges. And let's be clear, this is certainly nothing to be ashamed of. Perhaps the key to improved hunting conditions could be building good environmental and wildlife management with greater symbiosis with the agricultural world, demanding that the national and regional taxes each of us pays for hunting be used to provide some compensation to those who earn their living from agriculture, to leave some land uncultivated, to avoid cutting down the last hedge or planting new ones in less important locations, and to ensure their maintenance, always with due verification of their actual implementation. One thing, however, we hunters can all be certain of, regardless of the association we belong to: let's not support hunting against each other; We are not doing our duty if we do not try every day, in the effort of dialogue and discussion, to join forces in defense of our passion (source: FIDC Brescia-Cacciapensieri).
