Arcicaccia Toscana hopes it will be "the opening of the turning point" on the imminent opening of the Hunting Season.
Here we are, and may this be the opening of the turning point! Here we are! Preparations are in full swing, emotions overlap, expectations grow. It is a festival that is renewed every year, in spite of all adversities and despite the fact that our passion has not benefited, for several years now, from the wind in the sails. We return to hunting, and this is the important thing. This hunting season opens with the fresh and verified news that 56% of Italians do not oppose hunting, the regulated, scientifically founded and ethically sustainable one. This is great news especially because it certifies that we have a very large margin for improvement; when we would be able to best combine the scientific dimension with the cultural one, when, together, we would have developed an effective and penetrating communication, the hunting activity will once again experience a season of renewed social dignity. We can do it, we are in a position to write together a new page of this great adventure. In this sense, Tuscany can greatly contribute to launching an authentically new and exciting phase. We have gained advanced experience, knowledge and sensitivity, which despite the many difficulties, give us a sufficiently solid and satisfactory regulatory framework.
The Regional Hunting Calendar is a significant example that offers the exact dimension of how rich the political and cultural background that generated it is. We are in a position to make a decisive leap in quality. Arci Caccia Toscana will work for this. We will strive to ensure that merit, competence and generosity represent the viaticum for the unity of the hunting world, a unit that knows how to look out the window and look at the horizon of the world around us.
Best wishes to all for a peaceful and happy season.
Fabio Lupi
President of Arci Caccia Toscana
(September 14, 2013)