The choice of yesterday's assembly
The National Assembly of the Confederation of Hunting Associations, which met on 25 October 2023, elected Giulia Sottoriva as the new national President. Born in Vicenza on 27 July 1997, long blonde hair, blue eyes, tenacious character, a woman of spirit but also of great determination, Giulia Sottoriva is a passionate hunter who obtained the qualification to practice hunting at 18 years old . She practices all forms of hunting, although she prefers to be accompanied alternately by her dogs Sira, Toby, Stella, Spritz, Lola and Milù. She often hunts in the company of her father Moreno who passed on to her this beautiful passion for hunting, something for which Giulia will be "eternally grateful".
Great enthusiasm
– Hunting taught me to know and therefore to respect – proudly states the new national President of CONF.AVI with the enthusiasm of her 26 years. To those who ask her if she doesn't feel intimidated at having been called to lead at a national level a Confederation in which the vast majority of men are active, she shows off one of her disarming smiles and, jokingly, replies: "I will take care of them and I will everything possible so that they feel proud of their new President". Enthusiastic about the project of the Association for Rural Culture to which your Confederation has convincingly supported, you feel ready to lead CONFAVI to continue to grow it throughout the national territory. – I will fight to defend the rights of all hunters – says Giulia Sottoriva, a worthy descendant of Diana the huntress, firmly – convinced as I am that all forms of hunting deserve the same respect, regardless of the number of hunters who practice them -.
The proposals to support
– We will convincingly support the proposed amendments to state law no. 157/92 which were formally deposited in Parliament on the initiative of the Association for Rural Culture to ensure that all hunters who hunt in Italy have the same rights already recognized to the other seven million European hunters. I would like to remind you that the amendment text submitted to the Senate also includes the provision to encourage the union of all Italian hunting associations, the only way to guarantee a dignified future for hunting and for those who practice it. Already in the next few days, in harmony with the national executive council, I will call together all the peripheral managers of CONFAVI to involve them in the initiatives that we already have in mind to implement throughout the national territory (source: CONFAVI).