Lombardy region has officially set the meeting with the Lombard hunting associations for Monday January 10 at 14,30 pm, meeting requested by Federcaccia at the beginning of November. The theme to be addressed is that of the rings of decoy birds: a very hot topic since a campaign of tight checks during this year's hunting season has highlighted how the legislation concerning seals. In essence, during the checks, the security guards alleged that the hunters had different ring sizes from those communicated by the ornithological associations, which, as is well known, supply the rings to the breeders.
Let's face it: cut rings, visibly counterfeit rings, plastic ties and rings placed on the cages are not justifiable in any way, are not the subject of our grievances and will not be the subject of the meeting in the Region on Monday. Instead, we will first talk about those infinitesimal deviations, let's talk about tenths of a millimeter, which with a special report Federcaccia has shown already exist on the new rings. Furthermore, we would like the national legislation to be applied, which speaks clearly and simply of the “irremovable” ring. This deadline established by the legislator does not leave, in our view, doubts whatsoever, it is very clear in the meaning and in the objective it wants to achieve.
A ring is immovable when it stays on paw of the call; it is also obvious that with the passage of time the ring can deform, bend but it always remains immovable. This year many breeders will use steel rings and no longer aluminum and this should reassure the detractors of our category, but the problem remains the calls now possessed by hunters which can potentially be considered, with the control criteria adopted to date, out of the norm. This is the anomaly to be resolved, and it must be resolved quickly, with clear and incontrovertible legal foundations shared by the parties, that is to say the Lombardy Region, the Hunting Associations and also the control bodies, because otherwise we will not get out of it anymore. The recall held today are hundreds of thousands throughout Lombardy, the work to be done in the field will be long, but you have to do it! We cannot afford another hunting season marked by uncertainty, both normative and in the objectivity of the facts.
There is no need to wall against the wall with the security forces, those forces that must be animated by professionalism and objectivity in controls: we are available for any kind of collaboration but we are certainly not ready to surrender. We are deeply convinced and certain that hunting with live decoys can and should continue in compliance with the law, because it is only by respecting the law that will survive: but the law must be applied with full knowledge of the facts and if a ring is "immovable", the ring is regular. (Source: FEDERCACCIA BRESCIA)