Animal rights appeal
The Campania Region, after the provision of the TAR which confirmed the appeal presented by animal rights activists to the Hunting Calendar has issued an ordinance to adjust hunting times which we report below.
Hunting calendar to be reviewed
Ordinance no. 01791/2022 REG.PROV.CAU of 12.10.2022 Regional Administrative Court of Campania (Section Third). Campania Region hunting calendar 2022/2023.
We inform you that in relation to the appeal number of the general register 4191/2022 proposed by Lipu Odv - Italian League for Bird Protection, Wwf Italia Onlus against the hunting calendar of the Campania Region 2022/2023 has been issued by the Campania Regional Administrative Court (section III ), order no. 1791/2022 which accepted the precautionary request of the appellants and, at the same time, set the public hearing of 23 May 2023 for the discussion of the merits of the appeal.
Dates to remember
Therefore, pending the settlement of the ongoing dispute, it is deemed appropriate to apply, as a precaution, the provisions of the aforementioned ordinance regarding the 2022/2023 hunting calendar in force and consequently to:
set the closure of hunting for the species Cesena, Redwing and Song Thrush at 10 January 2023;
set the closure of hunting for the Woodcock species at 10 January 2023;
set the closure of hunting for the species Teal, Gadwall, Pintail, Coot, Wigeon, Moorhen, Mallard, Garganey, Shoveler and Water Rail at 20 January 2023;
set the end of hunting for the Snipe and Whisker species at 20 January 2023;
prohibit the use of Mallard and Pigeon specimens as live decoys.