Hunting and Fauna: Reggio Calabria, the repopulation operations of Hares and Pheasants for the provincial Hunting Territorial Areas have begun.
The repopulation of the territorial hunting areas of the province of Reggio Calabria has begun. Between today and tomorrow, in fact, 620 heads of hares breeding and national capture will be placed in the points planned by the Provincial Wildlife Hunting Council. The intervention decided by the Provincial Councilorship for Agriculture, Hunting and Fishing started this morning at 7,30 and will end tomorrow.
The operations are coordinated by the Provincial Police Corps and concern the territorial hunting areas (ATC) RC1, which extends into the strip of territory between Rosarno and Brancaleone, and RC2 from Monasterace to Brancaleone. The program includes a second restocking tranche, scheduled to take place within fifteen days. In this last phase, 2700 will be placed in hunting areas pheasants.
The intervention is highly anticipated by the hunting sector since the last repopulation experiences promoted by the Ente di via Foti date back to 2007. The presence of the President Giuseppe Raffa, the Councilor Gaetano Rao, the manager Luigi Rubino, the commander of the Provincial Police Domenico Crupi and representatives of the hunting associations was registered in one of the areas planned for entry, Leparicchio di Pellaro district.
“We have followed up on a commitment made - explained the President of the Province - with the hunters who I hope will feel gratified by our initiative. This is an opportunity to restore biological balance after years of stalemate. Repopulation takes place through high quality specimens, in line with the requirements that the competent Department had previously established - hares of capture and in full health - whose conditions have been certified by the ASP of Reggio through the veterinary service. The release was preceded by a careful study of the habitat which is part of the provincial wildlife plan drawn up by experts in the sector. This is an opportunity to reaffirm the concept of enhancement of the territory, adding that hunting is not only a mere killing activity, but also a system that can be evaluated in economic terms ”.
Satisfaction was also expressed by Councilor Gaetano Rao. “In the restocking places where I have been - he said - I was able to notice great enthusiasm: from Rosarno to Laureana, from Serrata to San Pietro di Caridà, up to Pellaro. I saw the hunters satisfied with an initiative that had been missing for years. In Territorial Area 1, the repopulation, in fact, dates back to three years ago, which rose to seven in ATC 2. We are receiving appreciation from the hunting world. In the next few days we will free 2700 pheasants (1700 in ATC 1 and the rest in the territory of ACT 2) and the programming, which in the future we will try to increase and improve, leads me to think that even the hunting world can be satisfied ".
8 March 2013
Source: Strill.it