A group of environmental associations - Hunting Victims Association - CABS - CAI LOMBARDIA - ENPA - GAIA - GOL - Legal Intervention Group - LAC - LAV - LEAL - LEGAMBIENTE Circoli Bresciani - LEIDAA - LIPU - PRO NATURA - WWF- against the choices of Lombardy region on hunting. "Once again", reads a press release, "the Lombardy Region issues an ordinance that allows even in the presence of anti-Covid restrictions19 (red zone and orange zone) freedom of movement for Lombard hunters, while the majority of citizens, except for work and emergency activities, have been forced to extraordinary restrictions for many months. For those who do not have a hunting license it is always possible to dedicate themselves to fishery: also in this case greater freedom.
It is now clear that the Lombardy Region rewards those who kill animals while those who engage in bloodless activities must stay indoors or walk around ”. According to environmentalists and animal rights activists, however, “the real slap-up package will come with the Ordinance Revision PDL: the proposal to be voted on would like to put the word "end" to the controls of live calls used by hunters hunters. The state law 157/92 provides that the calls coming from breeding are equipped with an irremovable and numbered ring, therefore with specific diameters for each species. Nothing out of the ordinary, but a worldwide standard for birds born in captivity and intended to counter illegal trade and poaching linked to it ".
"Instead", reads the press release, "set aside the embarrassing proposals of the Councilor Floriano Massardi (Northern League), who would have liked to have goldfinches, greenfinches siskins & C. fired (proposals he himself defined in black on white" Absolutely proritarian " ), the Lombard junta has devised the most extraordinary escape route from legality: the irremovable ring must be there, but the authorities in charge (hunting surveillance agents, Carabinieri and all the FF.OO.) cannot control it, measure it and that it is really immovable: they can only look at it! The amendment as written ("The surveillance and control activity on the irremovable rings to be used for decoy birds referred to in paragraphs 1, 1bis and 3 of article 26 of regional law 26/93 is carried out by verifying only the presence of the ring on the specimen and must be carried out ... ") is a true semantic masterpiece that has the sole purpose of preventing legitimate supervisory activities and the fight against illegal trade (which yields millions of euros to the detriment wildlife).