Paul Sparvoli, number one ofNational Free Hunting Association, issued the following statement: “Evidently, the last European elections, from which the fake Italian environmentalism came out soundly mistreated, did not help. They did not serve the political sponsors of the Minister Costa, who have made antichunting animalism their (loser) battle horse, nor at the same holder of the Department of the Environment who has returned to repeat one of his favorite spots in which the favorite topic is to speak ill of hunting.
Minister, we are sorry to inform you - but we do so with due respect and the greatest deference, that she, despite asserting the opposite, has no clear ideas at all. At least on hunting and on hunters towards whom he has a visceral and completely ideological hatred. First of all, no hunter craves the desire to shoot wolves. They are neither edible nor interesting for hunting and they are still canids that no modern hunter would shoot with pleasure.
Secondly, she says that safeguarding the wolf is her priority but forgets that, even before the wolf - towards whom many European nations have adopted a more scientific and pragmatic approach, establishing ceilings and strict numerical restraints - Italian citizens should be at the center of his attention. Certainly not those citizens who live in large cities and make quick hit and run bets on some well-equipped mountain, but those who sweat, swear and suffer 365 days a year to keep up with their four-legged capital.
Of them, dear minister, don't you think? Don't you think of the flocks forced to live inside the stables feeding on hay and feed instead of being free to graze on pastures rich in green and tasty grass? And don't think about the security of rural populations who, in spite of themselves, find themselves forced into a daily coexistence that is certainly not fascinating? We, dear minister, don't give a damn about making jokes about wolves. If you plan to commission the Alpini, the San Marco Battalion, the professionals of the Col Moschin or the special corps of the paratroopers, we will have nothing to complain about. His facts and his policy.
But please stop always putting in what you scornfully call "shotguns". We are - this too, obviously it is not too clear to you - Serie A citizens. In every sense, beyond the negative judgment of some animal rights activists from criminal record swollen with crimes of all kinds. And being Serie A citizens we will be ready to do our part, if necessary ”.