Fox hunting. Sit-in promoted for next Wednesday by WWF and Legambiente which contest the plan of the provincial body which provides for the culling of 500 specimens. "Other protected species such as porcupines and badgers can also be damaged," they say. After the 'bombardment' of e-mails triggered a short time ago against the killing of foxes, environmental associations take to the streets. They will do so on Wednesday in front of the provincial headquarters where the meeting of the hunting faunal council will take place on the control plan for foxes and problematic species which provides for the killing of 500 specimens. “The most serious thing - underline by WWF and Legambiente - is the absolutely inadequate and approximate cognitive framework on which the control plan is based. It is not known what is the consistency of the fox population in the province of Pisa. It is not known how many were killed during the hunting season, when, despite being a huntable species, the hunters avoid the killing, and then complain, when hunting closed, of the damage of this species, in order to obtain the possibility of culls throughout the year ".
“We do not consider the relationship between the trend of fox populations and repopulation for hunting purposes, made with farmed animals, unsuitable for defense, which easily become prey for foxes. It is unfortunate to see the agricultural and hunting associations so decisively defend a plan whose disturbing effects on other species are not known: in full reproductive period, hunting with dogs, also extended to the den, can damage protected species such as badgers and birds. porcupine, but also many species of other mammals and birds. Furthermore, the killing of puppies and pregnant females constitutes an element of cruelty that is absolutely gratuitous and avoidable with other methods ”.
March 24, 2014
Source: PisaToday
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