Satisfaction of the Lombardy Regional Councilor for Agriculture, Food and Green Systems, Fabio Rolfi for the recent pronouncement of the Constitutional Court (number 21/2021, filed on February 17) on the question raised by the TAR of Tuscany concerning the role of hunters in wildlife control. “The Constitutional Court has ruled that i licensed hunters, properly trained, can take part in the operations of wildlife control if the regional law provides for it. Same recognition for voluntary hunting guards as they have the qualification of security guard. - he said rolfi - Lombardy has made school on this, introducing the figure of the wildlife operator into the law a few years ago.
Now the provincial police corps that were hesitant about the use of these professionals must no longer have doubts. Specially trained hunters can take part in the wildlife control operations". “This ruling fills a national legislative vacuum. The hunting law is anachronistic and superseded by the needs of the territories. Just think of the uncontrolled proliferation of wild boars and other species and the scarce human resources in quantitative terms that the provincial police have to contain them.
The goodness and effectiveness of the Lombard regional law are now certified. The lack of recognition of the hunter specifically trained as a voluntary operator in the national regulatory framework had generated a conflict between regional and national laws making this figure the subject of disputes. Now this sentence finally clarifies everything and there are no more alibis ”concludes Rolfi.