In a note from the Agi news agency it seems that i M5S senators of Agriculture Commission in the Senate wondered the reason for the request for the "shift of proxies on hunting from the Ministry of the Environment to that of Agriculture" since Italian agriculture has - they are always their words - "Very different needs and requirements" and that since "the management and protection of all wildlife species is entrusted to the Regions and not to the ministries mentioned above" they do not understand the "insistence on shifting attention to a subject as sensitive and important as that of hunting when the country, farmers and all those involved in the sector need more ”.
Perhaps it would help them to understand the realization that yes, Italian agriculture undoubtedly needs a lot of things, for example more attention. It is a few days ago the complaint by the CIA, but it is not the only one, of the absence of EU issues from the Italian political debate, starting with the new Common Agricultural Policy. It seems strange to us that it is precisely in the Agriculture Commission that it is ignored that it is precisely the farmers and their organizations, who see their work go up in smoke every day. due to numerically out of control species such as ungulates - in particular the wild boar -, starlings and pigeons or allochthones such as otters, who look with hope to a role in the hunting world as a coadjutor of a ridiculous number of public personnel precisely to contain the damage at no cost to the community.
Help made more and more difficult and in some cases impossible by one dated legislation and clearly no longer in step with the changed Italian environmental wildlife situation. On this Federcaccia, alone and together with the other associations of the control room, has urged the legislator several times and will continue to work to ensure that this issue is maintained. on the agenda of the Booth until its solution with the contribution of all. And if all this with his delegations - not new, but provided for by the legislation and no longer applied for years, in a disinterest that led him to abdicate against the Ministry of the Environment - should not be dealt with by the Ministry of Agriculture, who should do it? So, if the protection and management of wild species are the responsibility of the Regions, why would the Ministry of the Environment and the Government at its request take an interest in preventing them from legislating freely?
It is a pleasure for the 5-star senators to realize now that hunting is a "sensitive and important" issue, but precisely for this reason it should not be put aside hoping the problems will resolve themselves or stop existing just because they are not in the Government contract. Federcaccia has always had the utmost respect for the role of parties and movements, but coming from these considerations from representatives of a government force, convinced that governing means also solve problems, we do not expect an approach based on ideology and preconception, but rather a convinced search for practical and effective solutions.