New ordinance
The PSA emergency shows no signs of abating. The new Commissioner's Ordinance, No. 7 of 2026, was released today. We will examine the text and provide you with detailed information. From a first reading, it appears that the changes primarily concern sampling methods, allowing for the reopening of group testing, even in restricted areas, when effective monitoring reveals no active cases. We welcome these changes, but we expect clarification on many issues, starting with how these new requirements must be met.
Heads killed
Regarding obligations, among other things, we'd like to point out that the vast majority of operators involved are volunteers. In our opinion, however, the real problem isn't being addressed: identifying and upgrading carcass storage sites and delivering slaughtered animals. Opening these facilities, upgrading them, and then maintaining them costs money, which should be provided to public bodies and reimbursed to private individuals, such as wild boar hunting teams. For this reason, Arci Caccia has sent a letter to the Region, ATC, municipalities, and the regional commissioner, urging them to expedite these simple measures in the areas already affected and to implement them promptly in the areas still unaffected. We are confident we can contribute. It's strange that European regulations identify hunters as primary producers, like breeders or growers, yet when it comes to taking action regarding game, we are completely ignored.
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Hunting world
At best, they're used as low-level labor, good for culling and searching for carcasses, with no one consulting us for our ethological expertise or knowledge of local topography. We have the skills and expertise we'd gladly offer, confident we can contribute positively. We ask to be more involved in planning interventions and managing facilities. The army of volunteers deployed by the hunting community deserves due consideration and recognition for their positive attitudes (source: Arci Caccia Toscana).
