The script is always the same. There hunting in Sicily he has to deal with yet another stop imposed by the animal rights front, a story that has repeated itself over the years. There Third Section of the island's TAR has in fact accepted the appeal of various acronyms, namely ENPA, LAC, Legambiente, LNDC Animal Protection, LIPU and WWF, all united against the Sicilian hunting calendar as regards the 2022-2023 season.
In particular, it was decided to block the departure of the pre-opening as of 1 September 2022, as well as dog training has been suspended as of next August. This means that regional hunters will have to arm themselves with patience and wait until 18 September for the opening of the hunting activity.
As if that were not enough, the Regional Administrative Court said no to collection of turtle doves and wild rabbits for the entire season, due to the Region's failure to comply with the requirements on hunting limits. In their appeal, animal rights activists and environmentalists had referred to the illegitimacy of the text and the failure to comply with the scientific opinion of theISPRA (Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research).