Bana's words
The Honorable Barbara Mazzali, regional councilor of Lombardy (Brothers of Italy), shared the speech of the lawyer Antonio Bana, number one of Assoarmieri, in defense of hunting: "Who, like me, was born into a family of hunters, fowlers, but above all people attentive to nature and its environmental values, cannot remain indifferent to the attack carried out in the courtrooms against hunting. Today, or perhaps always, in Europe we look at hunting in a constructive way, while in Italy this signal seems to be ignored by those who do not want to listen. I remember that the beating heart of Directive 79/409 / EEC, concerning precisely the conservation of wild birds, fully recognizes the legitimacy of hunting in all its forms as an instrument of sustainable exploitation.
Limitations to hunting
Hunting is also able, as a natural activity, to generate important social, cultural, economic and environmental repercussions in various areas of the European Union and therefore also in our country. As we know, hunting is largely limited to some expressly mentioned species and establishes a series of ecological principles and legal obligations applicable to hunting, to which the Member States must and implement through national legislation. These principles and obligations constitute the reference discipline for the correct management of hunting. It is therefore fundamental and necessary to initiate a constant and lasting dialogue to develop cooperation between all governmental and non-governmental bodies interested and involved in the conservation and sustainable use of the wild avifauna present in Europe and therefore also in Italy.
The respect we need
We must respect the activity carried out at 360 ° by all hunters, by hunting associations, by the arms sector, by the arms and ammunition manufacturing industry, by the artisans who work in the sector (flagship of our Italian know-how) for a hunt - the Italian one - aimed at sustainability and aimed at a better understanding of the legal and technical-scientific aspects. All of our heritage is always aimed at respecting common agreements for a program of scientific conservation actions, awareness raising aimed at promoting a hunting activity which, we must not forget, has always given a hand to that part of our country's GDP. for all the multisectoral industries it has always created. Together let's protect the true values of our hunting! ”.