Last weekend there were two Bird Fairs organized by as many sections linked to Federcaccia Bergamo. Everything went smoothly at Casazza, where the local Association of Hunters Media Val Cavallina-Section Federcaccia Casazza, with the patronage of the Province of Bergamo, the Municipality of Casazza, Ca Bergamasque Prealps, of the Fidc Bergamo and of the Amov organized the 9th edition of the Hunting fair for decoy birds.
Mr. Capoferri's Bottaccio Thrush was chosen by the Casazza hunters as the best of the event. Special prizes went to the best Fringuello AM by Riccardo Calderoni, to the best Song Thrush AM by Serafino Poloni and the best Sassello Thrush AM by Angelo Longa. There were 220 subjects in the competition with a good number of visitors, mainly hunters. The Sagra di Pontida is now in its 21st edition, inserted in the context of the sport and alpine festival.
The local section, led by Giuseppe Pasini, closed the day dedicated to birds with satisfaction with the presence of 205 participants including blackbird, redwing, song thrush, lark, prispolone, finch and goldfinches, while the exhibitors arrived from the areas of Brescia, Bergamo, Como, Varese, Milan, Brianza, Verona and Vicenza and the collaboration of the "Amov" association of Gussago, in the Brescia area. The animal rights protest is not to be missed, far from the Fair, which this year has been able to count on large presence of 7 activists, kept under control by the mobile department of the Bergamo and Digos police headquarters and by the Carabinieri of Cisano