Sunday 17 September 2017 was the first general day of hunting throughout Italy and some interesting data begins to be disseminated. There hunting season 2017-2018 in the province of Bologna it began with a slight increase in committed hunters. As disclosed by the Provincial Policein fact, it has gone from 700 hunters last year to 817 than the current one, a figure which has been strengthened above all by people from other provinces.
In addition, 21 agents and officers were engaged, who had the task of coordinating 60 volunteer guards. There were 10 administrative violations, while there were none of a criminal nature. In addition, there is no reported firearm accident. It is also worth pointing out the numbers of game bags examined by the same agents. We are talking about 89 pheasants killed, 81 hares, 215 wood pigeons and 7 ducks.
It was precisely in Emilia Romagna that there was a fear of a block or a postponement of the hunting season after the words of the regional councilor Simon Caselli, which wanted to examine the environmental and animal rights requests that related to fires and droughts. However, the hunt started on a regular basis.