Hunting notwithstanding the cancellation. The WWF, together with Lipu, ENPA, Italia Nostra, LAC and LAV, asked the Governor of the Puglia Emiliano Region, the President of the Council Renzi and the Commissioner for the Environment of the European Commission, to intervene, each for their own competences, so that the regional law n.28 / 2015 is amended "Authorization for the withdrawal of Sturnus Vulgaris by way of derogation" as it contrasts with national and European hunting regulations, as well as being clearly unconstitutional.
The Starling (Sturnus Vulgaris) is in fact a species of migratory bird protected by the European Community and as such hunting is prohibited. With the Law of the Puglia Region n.28 / 2015, the Authorization is granted for the withdrawal in derogation of the Sturnus Vulgaris or the freedom of hunting in the context of the current hunting season which ends on January 31, 2016. A gift from politics to the world. hunting.
In order not to incur the infringement procedure of the Community directives, the aforementioned law provides that the Regional Council declares this hunting compatible on the basis of monitoring studies on the migratory phenomenon of starling. For the implementation of this monitoring, the sum of 20 thousand euros is allocated.
However, in order to have the characteristic of seriousness and scientificity, observes the WWF, ornithological studies on migrations require multi-year monitoring and are based on different sampling and observation methods, also using technological tools such as radar. They should also be carried out at European level, since if in Italy a certain migratory quota can be numerous, that same population of birds could be precious for other nations where it is perhaps lacking.
It seems impossible, highlights the WWF, to provide all these answers with a monitoring study on the migratory phenomenon of the transfer that should be carried out in a very short time to be compatible with the objectives of the Regional Law n. 28 of 2 October 2015.
Furthermore, the national and community legislation on hunting provides that the exceptions must be justified by a detailed analysis of the conditions and conditions and must mention the evaluation of the absence of other satisfactory solutions, the species that are the subject of them, the means, the authorized collection facilities and methods, the risk conditions, the circumstances of time and place of the collection, the number of animals that can be collected daily and overall during the period, the controls and particular forms of supervision to which the collection is subject and the bodies in charge of the same.
All this is not foreseen in the law. “One gets the impression that once again an attempt is being made to authorize hunting in derogation of protected species without the presence of incontrovertible scientific data. - declared Nicolò Carnimeo, delegate of WWF Puglia - This is not the way to go. For example, the economic resources provided for by the Regional Law n.28 / 2015 could be better used to increase the sums available to restore farmers from any damage suffered. We therefore ask that the law be quickly withdrawn, also in order not to incur an infringement procedure against the Puglia region for having disregarded EU legislation, which could lead to heavy economic sanctions for the region itself ”.
(24 October 2015)
Source: WWF Press Note