Yesterday this press release from the Metropolitan City of Florence, to which the Provincial President Arch Hunting Malquori commented: “We welcome, in addition to the release of the containment, the declaration of readiness to modify the regulation which has created many problems for our Association. We can sing victory for the whole hunting world even if we are saddened to have been left alone in this battle by the other hunting associations. " Damage from ungulates.
The Metrocittà Police active 388 interventions on the territory. Via the services suspended with the emergency and restored with the ordinance of the Region. Cucini: “Amendments to the Regulations for the coordination of voluntary supervision”. “The Provincial Police of the Metropolitan City of Florence, following the order of the Presidency of the Region of 14 April, began the activities to contain wildlife in the area ": Giacomo Cucini, councilor of the Metrocittà delegated to the local metropolitan police, explains that" the management information system of the activities by asking the hunting and security guards to carry out the interventions already authorized ".
In particular, 376 interventions for the containment of wildlife and 12 for the capture of various species that had been interrupted due to the restrictions imposed by the health emergency were reactivated. The staff of the Provincial Police of the Metrocittà will proceed with the capture of wild boars within the municipal area of Florence. The requests for intervention received through the Artea portal were taken on board and the non-computerized procedures received by the Hunting Office by e-mail for which the order of priority is agreed with the Regional Department of Agriculture are being finalized.
La Metrocittà, with the councilor Cucini, recorded the opinions of the hunting and environmental associations regarding the Regulations for the coordination of voluntary surveillance and for the recognition of a hunting security guard, which puts order in the relationship between Metrocittà and The Tuscan Regional Authority, to which the hunting and fishing functions already exercised by the Provinces and the Metropolitan City have been transferred. The agreement signed by the Tuscany Region and Metrocittà provides for the coordination of hunting and volunteer guards by the Metropolitan City in the carrying out their police functions. On the basis of the observations that emerged, the Metropolitan City accepted the possibility of making changes to the Regulations to meet the requests of the associations, especially on the points that have raised more doubts, and the need to contain ungulates and thus avoiding damage to agriculture. The meeting that the Metrocittà has intended to convene in this regard with the associations has been postponed due to the emergency. In the next few days, the meeting will be held according to the permitted methods and which will be communicated to the interested parties.