Paul Sparvoli, president ofNational Free Hunting Association, issued this statement: “The death of a 20 year old boy, during that wild boar hunt he loved so much, he certainly destroyed the lives of two entire families. That of Marco Tosti, to which all of us, shocked and dismayed, we huddle with infinite affection; but also that of his brotherly friend. We all know perfectly well that hunting - but this also happens in all other recreational or sporting activities in the open air - could represent risks and we will never tire of it. recommend the utmost caution especially when you practice an exciting hunt like wild boar.
There is one thing, however, that makes it even more sad and astonished when such misfortunes occur: to witness the speculation put in place by the usual diehard anti-hunt animalists who, while ignoring the 48 deaths among the mushroom hunters, the more than 150 hikers and mountaineers, the forty skiers, the 18 fishermen or the over 120 swimmers, unleash all their anger against hunting and cynically exploit the mourning of poor families, even counting a murder among hunting accidents, and they return to invoke the closure of the hunt. Also in this last, tragic event, there was a journalist who, for the sole purpose of himselfto emerge even more indignation in public opinion, wrote that the one who died was a poor cyclist who passed by chance on the road.
All hunters, who are also covered by a compulsory civil liability insurance, are aware that they practice a potentially risky activity for themselves and for others, like those who go to the mountains and the sea or soar with a paraglider. Practicing this passion of theirs means, therefore, consciously taking these risks. What, on the other hand, is absolutely intolerable and is to be condemned the involvement of people unrelated to hunting, and it is to reduce to a minimum - or to totally eliminate - these painful episodes that we renew our recommendation to all with the utmost prudence, adopting every possible precaution and scrupulously respecting the limits imposed by law and common sense.