Sanctions for those who disrupt hunting or harass hunters. This is what is prefigured in Friuli Venezia Giulia on the will of the Forza Italia group in the Regional Council. «An administrative penalty by 500 3.500 in euros to punish those who put into practice acts of obstruction or disturbance to disturb or interrupt the hunting activity, or cause harassment to hunters in the course of their activity: this is what the national law proposal that I filed with the regional council "reports the Pordenone councilor Mara Piccin, first signatory of a national law proposal (signed by the entire force group) to contrast the practices of disturbing the exercise of hunting activities and harassment of the operators hunting activity.
«We are now in a climate of hatred towards hunters observes the majority councilor - for this reason I believe it is time to give a signal of attention by the institutions, in particular by the State that has competence in this case, with new rules that contrast those who prevent a lawful activity as much as rooted in human life since its origins. The intensification of intolerance towards an activity foreseen and regulated by the law is worrying.
We are now frequently witnessing insults and violent verbal expressions against hunters, on social networks and not only, but also in violent acts ». In detail, the national law proposal «contemplates an administrative sanction specifies the force fighter - against behaviors or manifestations hindering hunting (with the exception of agricultural activity, as specified in the proposal, ed), which can also be added, if in the presence of offenses already punished by the Criminal Code, to the penalties of the case ». Piccin adds: "For example, the burning of two roof terraces in the Campoformido Reserve last week was serious: among other things, to my immediate condemnation of the incident, which should seem obvious to an exponent of the institutions, followed in the press, inexplicably, an attack by an exponent of an animal rights association, complete with serious inaccuracies ».
So he concludes: "I reiterate that the hunting activity is carried out by authorized citizens after having been subjected to visits, medical checks and police checks, in the ways and times established by science and by national and European institutions. It should be remembered that the Court of Justice of Human Rights in Strasbourg also ruled, already in 2011, that hunting is part of the management and conservation of nature and has a public relevance necessary and justified "(Il Gazzettino).