“Hinc sunt lupi” Project
Regarding the broadcast of a report in which the news of the killing of a wolf was attributed to "a hunter", the Provincial President of Federcaccia Lecce, Giovanni Ciccarese, forwarded the following note to the broadcaster: “Dear Telerama Editorial Staff. With reference to the report broadcast by Telerama regarding the killing of a wolf by a hunter, this Federation would like to point out that Federcaccia is one of the Associations that collaborate on the Hic sunt lupi project and regularly participates in the meetings organized by both the Region and the University of Salento”.
The work of a poacher
“Federcaccia has made itself available for monitoring and reporting operations on the presence of wild animals throughout our Province and therefore the possible killing of a wolf with a firearm is undoubtedly the work of a poacher or some shepherd who has suffered damage from wolves”.
The dignity and role of hunters
“This clarification, to safeguard the dignity and role of hunters in the environment, the only sentinels constantly present in the territory able to monitor and contribute to the knowledge and protection of protected species and in any case not hunted” (Giovanni Ciccarese Provincial President of Federcaccia Lecce).