Years go by, the migratory birds they are constantly decreasing, hunters are decreasing but poaching is decreasing In Lombardy knows no crisis: 52 hunters reported thanks to the surveillance activity carried out by WWF Hunting Guards during 2019. "Killing of protected species and use of prohibited acoustic warnings are the most frequent crimes - explains Antonio Delle Monache coordinator of WWF Lombardy Guards -"Robin, blackcap, woodcock, black nurse, stiff neck, pipit, finch, white wagtail, linnet, brambling, peephole, marsh miles, blue tit, black redstart, frosone, redstart, tottavilla: there are 17 protected species found in the game bags of hunters who continue to practice a hunting activity that leads to the “faunal desertification” of our countryside ”.
The number of hunters in Lombardy has gone from 78308 of 2009/2010 ai 57433 of 2017/2018; the Province of Brescia is the first for the number of hunters (just under 20.000), followed by Bergamo with about 10.000. “This year we have found in more cases than the hunter caught committing criminal offenses he was a repeat offender, at times already reported by the WWF Guards or other Police Bodies; in two cases even reported a few days ago ”says Antonio Delle Monache. “This demonstrates on the one hand the effectiveness of the supervisory activity, on the other hand the scarce deterrent that the existing regulations have on people who do poaching an economic business too.