Poaching: Cilento, six people were surprised by the Forestry while poaching inside the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park.
The surveillance, prevention and repression of poaching carried out by the men of the Forestry in the Cilento Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park continues. The operations started on last Saturday and Sunday at the same time in different areas of the Park: they involved more precisely, different locations in the municipalities of Perdifumo, Trentinara and Caselle in Pittari.
The intervention of the foresters originated both from reports received by the Forestry Corps' toll-free number of Environmental Emergency 1515 and from initiative checks. A first team of foresters, on patrol and stalking service in the municipality of Caselle in Pittari, heard numerous rifle shots, with the aid of precision optical instruments, was able to spot three subjects and a light-colored dog from a distance. The agents then quickly reached the sighting site in order to be able to surprise the three subjects previously seen while they were still intent on hunting thrushes within the territory of the National Park. Once the investigations were completed, the three poachers were reported on the loose and at the same time the three rifles and their ammunition were seized.
At the same time, two other teams of Forestry agents carried out a stalking activity in the municipality of Perdifumo during which a man was caught while illegally hunting inside the Park area; also in this case the character was reported on the loose and the shotgun with related ammunition was seized. Finally, in another area of the Cilento National Park, two young men aged 27 and 25 were surprised who had just killed a wild boar; the carcass of the animal was found by Forestry agents aboard the vehicle driven by one of the characters.
The coordinator of the CTA of Vallo della Lucania, Fernando SILEO, said, "The operations carried out show the attention that forestry personnel reserve to the phenomenon of poaching in the Park area and how important is the contribution provided by citizens who report and report illegalities and thanks to which a winning collaboration is achieved between citizens and institutions ".
CTA Vallo della Lucania
(January 21, 2014)