CCT and Club del Colombaccio join forces in the name of culture and tradition

The two associations contributed to giving life to a day full of events dedicated to hunting culture.

April 16 2019

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Saturday 13 April at the premises of the Confederation of Tuscan Hunters in Florence, the second appointment of the first was held Training course for judges for competitions with the use of live calls (pigeons, wood pigeons and hybrids) which follows that of Friday 5 April. As is known, the course was organized by the CCT in collaboration with the Italian Wood Pigeon Club of Florence. The works were opened by Silvestro PICCHI, in the dual role of representative of the CCT and promoter of the course itself. Dr. Franco CORRIAS of theExperimental Zooprophylactic Institute for Tuscany and Lazio who based his lesson, really interesting and useful, on the theme of nutrition, pathologies, prophylaxis and health treatments within animal farms.

Following the intervention of Dr. Massimiliano TERRAVEGLIA, President of AFO (Florentine Ornithological Association), who focused on clarifying the criterion of judgment that determines the evaluation of the animal's aesthetic beauty. This term of comparison presents useful elements of knowledge and valid juxtaposition with method already used in the tests, from which to derive further practical elements in order to be able to give an even more homogeneous evaluation. After the aperitif break, in the early afternoon Pietro CEPPATELLI from Livorno, a man with long experience in the sector and a course visitor, provided teaching explaining the secrets and made known the valuation principles as for the work that pigeons and wood pigeon hybrids have to do in the race.

A similar teaching concerned the parameters concerning the aesthetic beauty of the animal. It was possible to implement the presentation thanks to the presence of specimens of pigeons, wood pigeons and hybrids, exhibited for the occasion. The work then concentrated on perfecting the implementing Regulation; a detailed and widely shared report, in order to be able to judge the various competitions professionally. At the end of the day the certificates of attendance at the 1st training course for judges for competitions with the use of live calls.

For this beautiful and innovative initiative aimed at enhancing an ever-expanding sector e so followed in Tuscany for hunting culture in the wood pigeon hunt with live calls, thanks to the Confederation of Tuscan Hunters, the Italian Federation of Hunting of Florence, the CEDAF (Environmental and Faunal Didactic Education Center) and the Italian Club of the Colombaccio of Florence, which made possible the organization of the event. Special thanks go to Gino PAGNI, Vanio GIORGI and Stefano GIANNINI who they kindly made their beautiful animals available thus offering an important and useful contribution to the training path of judges. Really thanks to everyone with the hope of organizing further training and further training courses in the future.