“I wrote to the prefect and the president of the Province of Vicenza, and, for information, also to the auditors of Monteviale and Costabissara: what happened last Sunday with the attacks on hunters by hooded gangs is extremely serious and irresponsible. Any other provocation of this type must be prevented e use common sense, the ability to control and the steadfast nerves of those, hunters or not, can be the object of the attention of irresponsible people, who are not aware of creating situations of serious objective danger " Roberto Ciambetti, president of the Veneto regional council, he announced his initiative “taken after receiving multiple reports of citizens who are truly alarmed by what happened.
The facts are known - Ciambetti explains - but what is striking is how there are people who do not evaluate the danger of their behavior: the threat brought by groups of people misrepresented it is a crime envisaged by the penal code and is severely punished precisely because of its gravity, but even more serious is the alarm it procures. These days, wandering around in hooded bands through woods and countryside is very dangerous and the most unpredictable reactions can be triggered and not only by hunters. Here there is someone joking with fire, but there is a risk of starting a fire".
"I will not go into the merits of the animal rights protest, but I remember that, as I wrote to the Prefect, the art of hunting is regulated in a very precise manner, subject to the payment of government taxes as provided for by the law: what happened last Sunday, as already previously, in addition to having caused objective financial damage with the destruction of huts or the release of decoy birds, infringes the rights of citizens who are perfectly in compliance with the provisions of the law in force. I ask all hunters to take an active part in rejecting any provocation, always keep their nerve and promptly notify them, if anything. Police. I hope that, regardless of the crimes for which they will be called to answer, the perpetrators of these provocations will soon be made responsible for the seriousness of their behavior and the dangers they risk triggering as a result of reckless acts: here there are those who do not understand to sow hatred and violence "