Hunting: Perugia, hunters protect the environment and organize a day for the reclamation of the countryside between Piegaro and Panicale.
Not just guns and killing: hunting is also - and above all - love and respect for the environment in which each of us lives and moves. In this spirit, last Sunday, May 12, the hunters of the teams "San Martino-Mongiovino" and "Tavernelle-Montepetriolo", in collaboration with the provincial section of the Federcaccia of Perugia, coordinated by the hunter Walter Bertrami, met at 7 morning in the square of the Sanctuary "Madonna delle Grondici", in Piegaro, for a "punitive" expedition against waste abandoned in the surrounding countryside and woods. The participants, about forty hunters and family members - also present the provincial president of the Federcaccia di Perugia, Alessandro Barbino -, armed themselves with latex bags and gloves and, divided into groups, left for the various places to be reclaimed. The balance sheet at the end of the ecological day was heavy: a mountain of garbage bags was filled, and various objects and appliances of various kinds were collected including gas stoves, refrigerators, drying racks, computers and even an old plow that had been thrown into a escarpment. The volume of waste collected was such that it filled a Daily van and five large trolleys.
All the waste was brought by the participants to the local ecological station, and deposited there. Then it was time for breakfast with friends, with bread and sausage and a little wine for everyone: the ideal way to end the ecological day, in joy and carefree after having worked together for a goal useful for the community.
The volunteer day offered last Sunday by the hunters confirmed, if ever there was a need, how sensitive the "shotguns" are to safeguarding the environment, regardless of hunting activity. Days like the one just ended, in fact, are first of all useful to the entire community, and represent important starting points for the preservation of that biodiversity heritage which is still very high in our areas.
14 May 2013
Federcaccia Umbra Press Office
Michele Sorrenti writes: More lies and defamations, Mr. Angelo, but what are you saying? The impact assessment was made by the University of Palermo, unfortunately in a much longer time than an evening. Why is it that when this institution says to limit hunting to certain species and for certain periods it is okay and instead when it says that in the marshes you can hunt (with strict rules) it is no longer good?