It took 18 months and four hearings to a 64 year old hunter resident in Malo (in the province of Vicenza) to assert their reasons. In November 2011, therefore six years ago, this man was checked during one hunting trip and was found in possession of a lark, locked up in a cage and used as a live call. The mutilation of the wing of the bird led to the complaint of the hunter, as well as a report for mistreatment.
According to the reconstruction of the accusation, the man had not taken all the necessary measures to prevent the cage, which was too small, wounded the lark itself. The criminal conviction was the sentence against which this person appealed. The 64-year-old objected in subsequent hearings, relying on a sentence of the Court of Cassation who has investigated precisely an identical case. This time the judges have decided to acquit him, considering that the fact does not exist.
In this way the accusation of mistreatment of the lark, which would have been used as a live call in hunting despite the evident wound to the wing. In addition to that of the Supreme Court, this will certainly become a very important precedent in the matter.