PAVIA. The association of hunters, Libera Caccia, which has 1200 members in the province of Pavia, together with three other acronyms, asked to limit the opening of hunting from 17 September to 1 October to three days a week. That is, in the hottest phase of the opening of the hunting season. This is because the hunters of Libera Caccia, in contrast to the position of the other large provincial hunting association Federcaccia (about 3 thousand members), fear that in those 13 days the province of Pavia will be literally stormed by 9 thousand hunters from half of Lombardy and Piedmont.
«Incredibly, our province is still the only one not to have the three fixed days chosen for hunting - explains the provincial president of Libera Caccia Luigi Bertola -. All the other provinces of Lombardy and Piedmont have established that you can shoot on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tuesdays and Fridays are historically days of hunting silence and in recent years the other provinces have extended the ban on shooting also to Mondays and Thursdays ».
Pavia, however, remained behind. "For this we have written to the hunting office of the Region, we are waiting for it to express itself because the start of the season is near - adds the provincial president of Libera Caccia -. The rule must also be updated here, otherwise thousands of hunters will flock to our territories when hunting opens. A situation that we cannot tolerate, so we ask for the three fixed days. After October 1st, when the hunt will be open everywhere, it will also be possible to return to the three days chosen by each hunter. But first, no, the entire ecosystem of the province of Pavia risks getting involved ». Just recently also the province of Brescia, one of the last that like Pavia had the three shooting days of their choice, changed to three fixed days.
The rule, which already exists in the other provinces and which also part of the Pavia hunters has requested, provides that the hunting activity of wandering animals can be carried out only on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, the collection of sedentary game in these days will end at 12. In the afternoon of the three fixed days, only migratory game can be taken, but it can only be done without the use of the dog.
“Until the beginning of September, however, we will not know what decision the Region will take - adds Bertola -. In any case, it is okay for us to start the hunt on September 17th. It is not true that our association at the provincial level supports the position of Legambiente which asked for the postponement of the hunting season due to outbreaks of avian flu, it was only a position of some hunters. We have not had agreements with Legambiente ». For the avian problem, the Region will decide by the end of the month whether to impose further restrictions on the introduction of birds or to remove them.
Of The Provincia Pavese.