Hunting: Tuscany, the European Union rejects the regional hunting calendar; Gazzarri of IDV, "Necessary changes and severe sanctions to combat poaching and for those who do not respect the rules".
The councilor of the Tuscany Region, Marta Gazzarri, regional leader of Italia dei Valori, commenting on the news of the final ruling of the European Constitutional Court on the Regional Hunting Calendar, stated, "The European Constitutional Court has recently declared our hunting calendar illegitimate, the same one that My Group has always strongly criticized with motions for resolutions and questions on the subject. It is inadmissible that, although clearly illegitimate, this powerful tool in favor of the lobbies in the sector has been adopted for years without any scruple, approved as a multi-year law and not with an administrative resolution, allowing in fact that hunting was approved with a law rather than with an act. administrative. A difference that might seem imperceptible in the eyes of those who are not experts but which instead significantly affects the protection of wildlife ". Continuing, Gazzarri added, “Now the Region will have to provide for the modification of the hunting calendar from Law to annual resolution, so as to adapt the legislation year by year on the basis of the needs of the individual species and not establishing it tout-court. Now that the EU has finally expressed itself unequivocally, Tuscany must backtrack and implement the guidelines of the constitutional court in a timely manner, finally admitting that the discipline and the lists of huntable species rightfully fall within the scope of the protection of 'environment".
Gazzarri then stated, "Having demonstrated the total inadequacy in respecting European standards, what I hope is that from now on our Region recognizes the importance of doing so. Beyond the completely personal judgment on hunting, imposing restrictions for the protection and conservation of wild animals and their natural habitat is a priority. I hope - concludes the group leader IDV - that, after this important result achieved, it is now time to remedy the mistake made as soon as possible (as a group we will monitor this) and provide for severe sanctions to avert another very dangerous phenomenon widespread in the area, poaching".
(June 7, 2013)
Source: Idv Toscana Press Office