"You can't go hunting out of your ordinary if in the orange zone: today I heard the Undersecretary for the Interior Achille Variati, to whom I sent the letter sent Saturday to the seven prefects of Veneto, and I received confirmation. Zaia avoid illegitimate regional circulars, with derogations that are moreover dangerous for health ”. This is what the councilor of the Veneto Region of the Democratic Party said Andrea Zanoni, known for its animal welfare and anti-venatorial positions, which obviously did not like the provisions of the Giunta Zaia which, as in other regions, have allowed Venetian enthusiasts to carry out hunting activities within their ATC of residence and not only in the municipal area.
A logical possibility, respectful of an activity for which practitioners pay a substantial amount concession to the State and the Region and that unlike what was declared by the regional councilor, not only is it not dangerous for health, but taking place in large areas, outdoors and often in absolute solitude, it is much less risky than most of the physical and sporting activities allowed also in red zone. “The question that arises spontaneously - said the national President of Federcaccia Massimo Buconi - what title is Andrea Zanoni talking about in raising the legitimacy of what has been implemented in Veneto.
As a regional councilor of the PD, his initiative and his statements appear to us to be strongly in contrast with the line followed by the Governors of his own party. in other regions, such as Tuscany for example or Emilia Romagna, where it seems to us that no manager has raised any doubts about the legitimacy of the interpretations given. On the contrary, it seems to us that not even where the PD is in opposition no one has raised the question. So also in this case Zanoni represents an exception. The only ones to protest against hunting, as always, are the representatives of the protectionist and anti-hunting associations. Here, as a hunter, the doubt arises that perhaps, before as a politician of the PD and regional councilor, Andrea Zanoni speaks once again as a representative of the League for the abolition of hunting in the Veneto or another of the anticaccia acronyms who find hospitality on its official website. But the PD, for example, what do you think of this release of one of his advisers?
Does he intend to disavow his own Governors? As Federcaccia we are obviously alongside those who - regardless of political color - have had the common sense and the institutional courage to guarantee a part of citizens equal dignity and the possibility of exercising an activity that is allowed, strictly regulated and decidedly controlled and does not have cultured - as Zanoni does and would like others to do - yet another pretext to act in an obtusely ideological and prevaricating way. For our part, we hope and ask the Veneto Region to continue to allow its hunters citizens the possibility of movement under current conditions, without allowing themselves to be influenced by protests which, in addition to being biased, are totally unmotivated ”.