Species in migration
Il Council of State with an order dated December 6, rejected the request to suspend the ruling of the TAR Lombardia and the Lombardy hunting calendar. The Appellate Judges certified that the Key Concepts on migration periods are not legally binding, can be overcome with proof to the contrary and then recognized that those used by ISPRA, unlike those of other European States, are based on a prudential probabilistic criterion that "considers the species in migration when the "earliest movements on the territory" are identified for it". The Judges then recognized that the motivation given by the Region for the deviation from the opinion of ISPRA appears "appropriate and complete in relation to the different assessments of the various institutional bodies and the European guidelines".
Animal danger
The Council of State therefore considered that "the danger" denounced by the animal rights associations was not positively appreciable and therefore rejected the requests for an early closure of the hunting season. Therefore, the Lombardy Calendar remains fully valid and in force until the end of the season also with reference to the contested parts: Cesena and Sassello remain open until January 20, all anatidae (together with coot, moorhen and water rail) until January 19 even in stray form and from 20 to 30 only from a hide, the woodcock in ATC open until January 20. Snipe and frullino open until January 30. We remind you that the animal rights associations still asked for the early closure of the stray hunt on December 31.
Fundamental principles
The Council of State also rejected the request to suspend the Emilia Romagna Calendar. These are very important rulings for the hunting world, which together with the rulings of the administrative courts that preceded them, put down in black and white fundamental principles for the future drafting of hunting calendars: a safer path to follow has finally been traced and these rulings will make it much more difficult for animal rights activists to present admissible appeals, given the well-motivated calendars (Federcaccia Lombardia – Legal Office).
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