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Protection status The regional councilor for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Alessandro Beduschi, comments on the news of the vote in the European Parliament, which approved the Commission's proposal to reduce the wolf's protection status from "strictly protected" to "protected"....

Venice, 8 May 2025 – “Following the entry into force of the amendment to the Bern Convention on the declassification of the wolf, EU intervention was needed and today it has finally arrived. The Plenary Assembly has authorised the amendment of the EU Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC as regards...

Strasbourg, 8 May – “Satisfaction for the outcome of a battle that I have always supported in Europe and on the territory, and that today finally comes to fruition also thanks to the vote of the League. After the modification of the Berne Convention on...

Milan, 8 May 2025 – “The conference organised today at Palazzo Pirelli was an important moment to update the alarming data on the extent of wolf predation activity on our territory, listening to zoologists, scholars, breeders and journalists: different experiences at...

Confirmed outbreaks After a period of 22 months without new cases, African swine fever (ASF) has unfortunately reappeared in our territory. Some outbreaks have recently been confirmed thanks to the continuous surveillance and monitoring work carried out without interruption by the...

Habitats Directive With 371 votes in favour and 162 against, the wolf has been definitively downgraded within the Habitats Directive. Now the Member States will be able to start any exceptional culling plans, where the populations of the...

A good returned to the community The tour of the regional councilor for Security, Romano La Russa, dedicated to the theme of the reuse of goods confiscated from organized crime, started from Pian Camuno (BS). A series of events that will touch several provinces in Lombardy...

Legal Possession of Guns Senator Walter Verini of the Democratic Party has returned to the forefront of gun enthusiasts with his proposal for a new bill on legal possession of guns, just days after the proposal for...

Situation out of control "We ask the Metropolitan City of Turin to act to the best of its ability and to act diligently towards the Piedmont Region and other competent bodies to put a stop to the spread of wild fauna on the...

A regulatory error “It is with great satisfaction that I announce the approval, in the Regional Council, of the bill that reinstates the general ban on the transit of motor vehicles on the paths of Umbria. A rule of civility, of respect for our...

A wonderful three days The UNCZA (National Hunters Union of the Alps Area – Federcaccia Sector) is organizing the UNCZA national assembly, now in its 13th edition, from 15 to 59 June at the Alexander Hall Congress Center (Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno). Wildlife management and tourism...

WOLF, CARETTA (FDI): "The approval of the proposal to downgrade wolf protection is a great signal for citizens, a promise kept, which continues in the wake of putting rural areas and those who live there back at the center. Thanks to the work...

Milan, 6 May 2025 – The vice-president of the Commission VIII Agriculture, Mountains and Forests and regional councilor of Fratelli d'Italia, Carlo Bravo has sent a letter to the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, to express deep concern following the...

Mammi's words A Plan developed "to protect agricultural production, which has had the favorable opinion of Ispra. The Tar has recognized the goodness of the same and the legal system with which it was built, it is unfortunate that...

A highly distorted image “The recent ruling by the TAR of Lombardy on the ban on hunting in mountain passes is totally senseless in its merits and method, as well as compromising any form of serious and balanced hunting planning” declares the Regional Councillor...

Spending program The Veneto Region has approved an experimental project to increase the effectiveness of nutria control and eradication actions throughout the region. This is the first tranche of 500.000 euros for the current year within the scope of...

Free Zone Good news for Basilicata: the European Commission has officially decided to downgrade the restricted zones related to African Swine Fever (ASF) in 25 Lucanian municipalities. Twenty municipalities move from the level 1 restriction zone...

Scientific Activities ACMA (Associazione Cacciatori Migratori Acquatici) has been quite active lately with updates on its scientific activities. Among the species most closely monitored in this regard is undoubtedly the moorhen, which has been...

Special control measures Published in the Official Journal of the European Union the IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/862 OF THE COMMISSION, meeting on 30 April, amending Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/594 laying down special disease control measures for...

From 10 to 12 May 2025, the Umbriafiere exhibition centre in Bastia Umbra will host the 2025 edition of Caccia Village, the main national fair dedicated to hunting, sport shooting and the outdoors in Central and Southern Italy. With over 300 exhibitors from Italy...