Hunting Associations

A worrying escalation. Now the cup is full! For years, we've been told everything: criminals, murderers, vandals, but in recent months, we've witnessed a worrying and disgusting escalation of unmotivated hatred against us. A hatred...

History and Dignity Regarding recent public statements regarding the history and management of the Lago Salso Oasis, as a representative of the hunting world, I no longer consider these reconstructions acceptable, which, in my opinion, end up discrediting our...

Mobilization and involvement. The public meeting organized by the provincial branch of Federcaccia-UCT of Florence was held yesterday evening in Empoli. Over two hundred participants attended, including those gathered outside the hall. Among the institutional representatives present were Brenda Barnini, President of the Second Commission...

Request and Response: The hunting federators belonging to the Catania Provincial Section of Federcaccia promptly responded to the request made by the Wildlife Hunting Department to support wildlife technicians in monitoring wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The activities...

We are shocked to learn that the Tuscany Region has once again proposed including the wood pigeon among the species covered by the Special Control Plan. This position we firmly reject and consider unacceptable, especially...

Fake news debunked: Hunting Reform: Let's clarify! In recent months, the debate over the reform of Law 157/1992 (the framework law governing hunting) has heated up the media and social media. To clarify, attorney Lorenzo Bertacchi (legal office of...

Winds of change. The winds of change are blowing strongly through the alleys of Campodimele. The local branch of Federcaccia has officially announced its new board of directors, and the news making the rounds is one:...

Series of Meetings The series of public meetings promoted by the provincial branches of Federcaccia Toscana-UCT on the new Regional Wildlife and Hunting Plan continues unabated. Following the important meetings of recent days, the evening meetings in Prato and Livorno also...

Land reclaimed. Despite the percentage of land reclaimed from hunting activities exceeding the 30% limit set by Framework Law 157/92, the Campania Region continues to implement questionable environmental policies and propose the establishment of protected areas. The...

The Future of Hunting. We're accused of spreading misinformation. We respond with the pages of the Plan. Our observations are timely, well-founded, and address concrete aspects that impact the future of hunting and management in Tuscany. If Agribiodiversitalia believes...

Criticism from the usual suspects. Following Federcaccia Macerata's initiative to install nesting boxes for insectivorous birds in Macerata's schools, criticism quickly emerged from the usual animal rights and environmental groups, who consider themselves the only ones authorized...

Hunting Reform. Arci Caccia president Christian Maffei harshly criticizes the Democratic Party on the issue of hunting reform. In an interview published today by Il Foglio, Maffei argues that the Democratic Party has chosen to pit urban culture against...

We were surprised to learn that the Tuscany Region has once again proposed including the wood pigeon among the species covered by the Special Control Plan. This position we firmly reject, and...

Angry Outbursts In the wake of the Senate's dramatic approval of Bill 1552/2025, the long-awaited (and essential) revision of Law 157/92, all major media outlets were literally inundated with angry outbursts from animal rights activists. A reaction that wasn't just...

Still a "partial" victory As announced yesterday, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, the Senate of the Republic accepted 11 of the proposals put forward by the associations belonging to ACR (Associazione Cultura Rurale) regarding...

Yet another park. One National Park, four Regional Parks, 75 Protected Natural Areas, and 245 sites included in the Natura 2000 network are not enough. Now another park is being imposed from above, the Iblei National Park, and then what else will they think of imposing on...

The schools involved: Nesting boxes have been placed in the courtyards of the Anna Frank, Fratelli Cervi, and Salvo D'Acquisto primary schools to encourage the nesting of certain bird species, such as the common redstart, great tit, and nuthatch, which feed on insects,...

The subject of the letter is: Reduction of the Regional Hunting License Fee and delivery of the Regional Hunting License and payment slip. This is the subject of the letter sent by the Veneto regional chapters of Libera Caccia, ANUU, Arci Caccia,...

The proposals that received the green light. The Association for Rural Culture strongly supported the proposals for the national hunting law it presented and approved in the Senate yesterday during the reform. Here are some of them...

A Years-Long Wait Below are the thoughts of Paolo Sparvoli, president of the National Free Hunting Association: "Yesterday came the news that all Italian hunters had been waiting for years: despite thousands of amendments presented by the opposition, the Senate has...