“A few days ago there Calabria, thanks above all to the sacrifices, both professional and personal, made by citizens, it came out of the classification from red zone to enter the orange one. A condition that still cannot be said to be calm but that puts the community on the right path. " These are the declarations of LIPU Calabria - WWF Calabria - Legambiente Calabria - Italy Our Calabria. "In the face of this situation - say the environmentalists - which still requires caution and the most rigorous observance of the precautionary rules, the request made to the Prefectures of Calabria by the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Resources of the Region to grant hunters the opportunity to move freely on the territory is truly disconcerting regional in disregard of the provisions aimed at limiting travel in the area to avoid the spread of the epidemic.
Furthermore, the request is to authorize hunting in pursuit, a form of hunting that involves gatherings of dozens of people, which is exactly what should be avoided. The alleged justification, then, that this activity serves as a containment for wild boar populations does not find any confirmation in science and legislation, in fact we remember that hunting is a form of hunting and that it is a recreational recreational activity not aimed certainly at numerical control, which is part of wildlife management, a matter unrelated to hunting and on which there is art. 19 of law 157 of 1992 to define the modalities.
The initiative of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-food Resources of the Calabria Region is completely out of place, as well as a harbinger of behaviors that they could nullify the efforts made to date to get out of the health emergency. An emergency which, we repeat, is not over yet and which requires responsible behavior on the part of all citizens and institutions. We ask the Calabria Region to respect the DPCM, the citizens and the scientific community which has already underlined the danger of useless gatherings and in the name of the 2 million Calabrians the Region intervenes as soon as possible by banning hunting on our territory until the end of the pandemic. "