The Confederation of Tuscan Hunters addresses a letter to all Tuscan hunters: Together for the future of hunting in Tuscany.
Dear hunters, dear hunters, what only until a few months ago could have appeared a long-term goal, one of those things we talk about and write about, but which then for a thousand reasons are exhausted in declarations of intent and petitions of principle , is finally reality: Federcaccia, Arcicaccia and Anuu have broken the delay and have given life to the Confederation of Tuscan Hunters, the first step to build the common home for all hunters. Nothing will ever be the same again. The Confederation is only the first step: like every beginning, therefore, a step of fundamental importance, to choose the right direction. Unity is essential to have greater weight, to count more in society, in relations with politics and institutions, to finally obtain choices free from demagogy and the exploitation of emotional drives, such as animalism, by rules dictated by knowledge. and from science, to restore the consideration and prestige it deserves to hunting: hunting deserves it, hunters deserve it. For some time now, hunters have been clamoring for the various associations to enhance what unites: they ask for it, aware that unity is the necessary condition to restore dignity to their passion, to legitimize their heritage of history, culture and values, to obtain concrete results.
The challenges we face cannot be overcome by marching in no particular order, dispersing forces, wasting resources and energy: it is necessary to join forces to achieve the objectives that matter for hunting. The Confederation was created to answer these questions; to explain to society that hunting, as well as satisfaction for practitioners, is a useful activity for the community, an indispensable factor for the management of the territory, the protection of the environment, the maintenance of biodiversity, the sustainability of the presence of fauna with activities human beings, agriculture in the first place.
The programmatic platform signed by the Associations making up the Confederation, ambitious and concrete at the same time, embodies these principles: in legislative matters, it advocates the necessary adaptation of the regulatory framework, certainty of rules and competences; supports the reorganization of the government of the wildlife hunting sector, with a view to overcoming the provinces; As regards hunting calendars, asks that species, times and methods are actually the result of serious and rigorous management and knowledge work; to ensure the balance of fauna, it supports the involvement of hunters in the management of the whole territory, not only of the areas open to hunting; fights to ensure that the State and public institutions fully return the income from the taxes paid by hunters to the wildlife and environmental management, overcoming the paradoxical condition that sees them today paying the damage to agriculture despite being prevented from intervening adequately to avoid them.
On these and on the other contents of the confederal program, on which the initiative and the work are already underway, now there is a discussion with all the hunters, in all the Provinces and in all the Municipalities of Tuscany: to illustrate the projects, perspectives, objectives and to listen to needs, expectations, proposals, convinced that involvement and participation are essential to achieve positive results. The constituent associations have proposed to the other regional hunting organizations to share the process started, right from the first steps; for now without success.
A more extensive and complete unit, the construction of the "common home" of Tuscan and Italian hunters remains the final goal, and for this reason the Confederation of Tuscan Hunters was born and remains open to all hunters and to any other hunting organization that wishes adhere to it by sharing its statute, aims and objectives. The hope is that selfishness, associative jealousies, a misunderstood pride of belonging, are overcome, that those who still look at unity today with suspicion are convinced that this is the obligatory path to build the future of hunting.
The certainty is that the right choice is to field the “added value” of a compact front, capable of representing the reasons and values of hunting with all the necessary force. For this we need the contribution of each, of women and men proud to make their knowledge, their experience, their energies available to make the Confederation grow, to take further steps towards the unity of the hunting world, to give hunt for the future it deserves.
Confederation of Tuscan Hunters
Federcaccia - Arci Caccia - Anuu
(May 1, 2014)