The provincial section of Bergamo of Italian Federation of Hunting he reassured the Cesene hunters about the closure of this hunting activity. Several animal welfare associations had asked to bring forward the deadline, referring to the migration of other species as well, that is to say woodcocks, stone thrushes and song thrushes. Federcaccia Bergamo reiterated that the closing will take place regularly next 30st January, as foreseen by the Lombard calendar.
The request of the animal rights activists was defined by the hunting association without any foundation, also because the Lombardy Region has never talked about such a hypothesis. The woodcock hunt and the song thrush hunt have already ended on December 31st, while the penultimate day of this first month of 2017 will remain closed for Cesene and stone thrushes. Not even the stories about pre-nuptial migrations, since they do not start in January, but always in late February (in some cases even in March).
Moreover, Bird Life International he has spoken several times about these dates, denying his Italian division. Federcaccia Bergamo spoke in no uncertain terms about one "Ornithological madness". The research with GPS radio collars (partly financed by the FIDC) on woodcock has finally shown that the review begins in March: according to the study of Professor Scebba, the bottacci go up from Puglia to the north after February 20.