New rules coming
Maybe soon new rules on the detention of live calls even with the arrival of a new regional mark. In the VIII Commission of the Lombardy Regional Council an amendment was approved for the modification of Law 26/93. If the proposal is also approved by the Regional Council, article 26 which governs the possession and use of live decoys will be rewritten. If the proposal becomes law, these will be the main changes:
First. The identification of a "regional" ring is envisaged: only lures that will be equipped with the new ring distributed by the Region in a manner to be defined can be legitimately held and used and it is envisaged that the current FOI and AMOV rings will remain valid only until distribution of the new regional ring. It should be noted that it may be a ring or a band, made of metal or even plastic or other suitable material.
Second. There is a 10% tolerance on the measurements and the measurements will be defined with a provision by the Giunta, which will also have to define the technical characteristics of the ring.
Third. The new rings will be delivered upon request by the interested party.
Fourth. Calls with a mutated phenotype belonging to huntable species (together with the "domesticated pigeon" and the "domesticated mallard") may be held and used without a ring.
Fifth. It will be possible to replace the ring for animal welfare reasons or for deterioration.
The perplexities of FIDC Brescia
Given that the matter requires a regulatory intervention that sheds light on the subject and that gives certainties to hunters, and that this proposal certainly lays the foundations for a real reorganization by introducing important possibilities, there are some perplexities regarding certain passages: it seems excessive (and problematic for many) that it becomes illegitimate to keep birds bred with a regular ring of Ornithological Associations, but without a regional ring, making the affixing (alternative or concurrent?) of the new seal obligatory; with reference to specimens with a mutated phenotype, the absence of a ring makes it impossible for the hunter to demonstrate the legitimate origin of the call, since, although rare, mutated specimens also exist in nature: perhaps the norm will be understood in the sense that for these calls, the breeder's ring and the Region's ring is not needed; it seems to have to be assumed that the tolerances will concern the regional ring and not the others (which, moreover, are not sufficient to legitimize even the detention of the recall). Perhaps these are trifles, which it would be easy to remedy with small changes to the text, unless we are dealing with precise choices.
The date to watch
In any case, we will then have to wait for the implementing provision of the Giunta: in fact, beyond the approval, what really matters will then be the effective application, above all with regard to the new "legitimation" of the decoys already in the possession of the hunters and the relative procedures (especially with reference to the rings already affixed), and it will be essential that the system guarantees the hunter that no one can dispute the legitimate origin of the lure. The amendment sees the adviser of the Brothers of Italy Carlo Bravo as the first signatory and Floriano Massardi of the League as the second signatory. Both then had their party colleagues sign the amendment. In the Commission from the Statute of the Lombardy Region there is only open voting. On the other hand, in the Regional Council, if requested, there can also be a secret ballot. The amendment will go to the Pirellone Council after 20 July. The two councilors will have to be able to get the support of their own parties while avoiding coups, which are far from uncommon in Milan. We are confident that everything will go the right way despite it being known that there is strong resistance from the Department structure. Also in this case Carlo Bravo and Floriano Massardi will have to be able to convince the officials of the goodness of their project, awaited by thousands of Lombard capannisti and from our point of view sacrosanct. We have given some suggestions to adjust the shot, if contacted we will be able to argue them in the best way, always and only in the interest of all hunters (FEDERCACCIA BRESCIA – CACCIAPENSIERI).