"I licensed hunters, properly trained, they can take part in wildlife control operations if the regional law provides for it. " This is the pronouncement of Constitutional Court (number 21/2021, filed on February 17) on the question raised by the TAR of Tuscany that the Piedmont Region now wants to implement soon. "An important sentence - comments theCouncilor for Agriculture of Piedmont Marco Protopapa - which allows authorized hunters and voluntary hunting guards, as having the qualification of security guard, to participate in wildlife control operations regulated by regional law and which goes in favor of the numerous requests made by our department at the Ministry of Agriculture during the course of the year".
“Use the hunters - he comments Claudius Leo, regional councilor and contact person of the Lega Salvini Piemonte of the Department for the management of wildlife -, after a training course, to assist the provincial police in containment operations this is the path that the Piedmont Region now wants to follow. Unfortunately, we are all aware of the damage and dangers linked to the uncontrolled proliferation of some species and the human resources that the institutions have at their disposal are really limited ".
“In support of a plan that the Piedmont region evaluates, plans and controls, recognizing the hunter adequately trained means offering an extra opportunity in the prevention of damage to agriculture, on too many traffic accidents caused by ungulates in addition to limiting the economic costs resulting from the reimbursements, ”the conclusion of the Lega councilors.