Hunting: Tuscany, the Consulta partially rejects the Hunting Calendar, limited to sampling times and species; Salvadori reassures, "The sentence does not affect the choices of the region".
Don't worry, the Region's choices in terms of hunting are confirmed. The sentence of the Constitutional Court (n.90 / 2013) filed on 22 May 2013 reassures us about the whole body of our law as well as the choices regarding the hunting calendar are confirmed. " Thus the councilor for agriculture and hunting, Gianni Salvadori, illustrated the position of the Tuscany Region to the numerous journalists who attended today at Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati after the sentence of the supreme court filed yesterday. Salvadori added that the sentence was expected. "The Constitutional Court - explained the commissioner - has not annulled the entire regional law n.20 of 2002 “Hunting Calendar”, but only art. 7 which indicates the times of collection and the species. The Supreme Court has left intact important points of the regional law such as the hours of the hunting day, the methods and forms of hunting, the daily game bag, the rules on safety in hunting, training and dog training, the provisions inherent to the hunting card, both regional and provincial, for selection hunting, pre-opening and the possibility for the provinces to make some management choices for hunting farms and hunting wildlife.
The ruling confirmed and substantially approved - continued the commissioner - the choices and management tools that the Tuscany Region has put in place in recent years, especially with regard to wild boar and other ungulates, the real scourge of our agriculture and cause of many road accidents. With regard to mode of selection hunting - he finally explained - the respective culling plans must be approved by the individual provinces, while for wild boar hunting the periods have already been indicated in the resolution that the regional council approved in recent days and sent to the regional council.
As for the subject of the ruling, that is the periods and the species to be taken of sedentary and migratory game, the Tuscany Region - concluded Salvadori - has already taken steps to acquire the necessary opinion of ISPRA (Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) and by other scientific institutes to elaborate the hunting calendar for the next season, which will be done with an administrative act and not by law, as the ruling requires, and which will be shared and agreed with all . " The commissioner said that Ispra's opinion had been asked for a few days.
24 May 2013
The Tuscan Regional Authority