Dear Minister Galletti: hunters are not a problem for the environment but a resource !!!

Hunting: In August the Renzi-Galletti government, with a pretext and villainous DL 91 justifying to remedy a European infringement, managed to block the centuries-old tradition of the Roccoli for the capture of decoy birds and to ban from our tables the possibility of cook the small migratory in public places, effectively banning the spit and the famous polenta e osei, and now what will this government manage to invent to justify its ideological battles as anti-hunt maximalists to make our passion impossible?

On 24 December the council of ministers decided to preliminarily approve the “European 2014” bill. Nothing bad if it were not that the only problem that this government sees is hunting and therefore you think you can solve environmental problems simply by eliminating the capture of decoy birds and the trade in live birds by modifying art once again. 4 comma 3 and 21 comma cc) of law 157/92. It is almost surreal to see that in the face of serious and urgent problems such as unemployment, security, health and environmental pollution that claim victims for cancer diseases every day (land of fires, electromagnetic pollution, illegal landfills, etc.), the council of ministers is worrying for the umpteenth time of how to make life impossible for us hunters.

Paradox of the paradoxes that today we are going to revise the text just modified last August with the DL 91 and that had been sold to us as the only solution to remedy the infringement of the European commission (2104/2006). I believe at this point that we can safely say that lies have short legs and that after only four months the nose of Pinocchio Galletti and his executors has lengthened enough. Entering into the merits of the amendment to art. 4 paragraph 3, it is clear that by removing the reference to art. 19-bis (Possibility of derogation from art. 9 of the birds directive 147/09 EU) and writing in the national law explicitly that "the capture activity for ringing and for the transfer for the purpose of recall can be carried out exclusively by means, plants o trapping methods that are not prohibited pursuant to Annex IV of Directive 2009/147 / EU, from plants whose authorization is held by the provinces and which are managed by qualified personnel and assessed as suitable by the Higher Institute for the protection and environmental research ".

I would like to understand what birds can be caught with since Annex IV prohibits nets, mistletoe, traps etc. and why was the reference to the derogation removed? Two small necessary reflections: But because when the senators Arrigoni, Candiani, Consiglio and the honorable Borghesi and Grimoldi in the committees and halls of the parliament have repeatedly proposed to remove paragraphs 1 bis and 1 ter in July it was madness and now instead we can you safely do ??? But if the infringements were remedied with Legislative Decree 91 four months ago, why is the law changed again today if not only to make it even more restrictive than the European directive? The Northern League once again promises battle from now on, trying to do everything possible during the parliamentary process to prevent the animalist vein of this majority from prevailing over civil common sense and the rights of honest citizens-hunters.

In this regard, we will propose constructive and constructive amendments to modify and improve law 157/92 from a legitimate but sustainable perspective and in defense of both hunting and culinary cultural traditions.

Marco Bassolini
National Head of Hunting Northern League Lombard League