The pre-opening of the hunting season has been denied to Campania hunters: the TAR of Campania blocks the pre-opening of the hunt by accepting the appeal of the WWF.
The TAR of Campania has decided to accept the WWF's appeal regarding the pre-opening of the Hunting Season in the region and with the decree dated 21 August 2012 suspended, as a provisional precautionary measure, the Campania Region Hunting Calendar until the next Council Chamber set for on 12 September 2012; the part of the calendar affected by the suspension concerns the methods and times for hunting in the pre-opening regime.
The main reason for the suspension of the TAR would be the enormous stress brought about by drought and devastating forest fires to which wildlife is subjected in this period therefore the judge Alfonso Graziano of the Regional Administrative Court of Campania has decided to suspend the pre-opening of hunting in the area. regional by accepting the appeal proposed by WWF Italy. According to judge Graziano, "exceptional gravity and urgency such as not to allow the delay until the next useful council chamber set for 12 September 2012" are recognized.
On the matter, the director of the legal legislative office of WWF Italy, Patrizia Fantilli, commented, "Hunting at this time of the year is not only completely illegitimate and prohibited by European laws because wild animals are in the process of taking care of the little ones. , but this year is even shameful given the dramatic difficulty of the fauna after months of drought and fires. In this situation, even one less hunting day means the salvation of thousands of animals ”.
Below is the full text of the Decree of the President of the Campania Regional Administrative Court:
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REG. PROV. CAU.
N.03776 / 2012 REG.RIC.
ITALIAN REPUBLIC
Regional Administrative Court of Campania
(Section One)
The President
pronounced the present
DECREE
on the appeal number of the general register 3776 of 2012, proposed by:
WWF Italy NGO-ONLUS, represented and defended by the lawyer. Maurizio Balletta, with an address for service at the same in Naples, via Cammarano 25 c / o WWF;
against
Campania Region; for cancellation after suspension of effectiveness, resolution of the GR Campania n. 361 of 17.7.2012 approving the regional hunting calendar for the 2012/2015 three-year period - calendar for the 2012/2013 hunting year.
Given the appeal and its annexes;
Having regard to the application for single precautionary measures proposed by the applicant, pursuant to art. 56 cod. proc. amm .;
having considered the complaints made with the first and second grounds against the provision encumbered;
noted that in the hunting calendar for the three-year period 2012-2015, annexed to the contested provision, the pre-opening of the hunting exercise for the turtledove species is foreseen on days 1,2,5,12 and 13 September next;
therefore recognized the exceptional gravity and urgency such as not to allow the extension until the next useful Council Chamber scheduled for 12.9.2012.
PQM
It accepts the request for a provisional precautionary measure and as a result suspends the regional hunting calendar approved with resolution no. 361/2012 limited to pre-opening until the next Council Chamber of 12.9.2012.
The Council Chamber of 12.9.2012 is set for the collegial discussion.
This Decree will be executed by the Administration and is deposited with the Secretariat of the Court which will notify the parties.
So decided in Naples on 21 August 2012.
The President
Alfonso Graziano
DEPOSITED IN THE SECRETARIAT
21/08/2012
THE SECRETARY
(Art. 89, par. 3, administrative proc. Code)
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