Poaching in the Lecce area. The agents of the Forestry Corps of the State of Maglie (LE), as part of the control of the territory to combat poaching, violations of hunting regulations in general and environmental crimes, surprised a 31-year-old man from the area intent on to hunt migratory birdlife in a protected area in the countryside of Scorrano, inside the protected oasis “Bosco Pecorara”.
During the check carried out, the men of the Forestry were able to ascertain that the man had already shot down sixteen song thrushes and four battlements; as regards the former, hunting is prohibited from 20 January 2016 due to the extraordinary intervention of the Council of Ministers, while for the blackbirds the possibility of sampling ended on 31 January with the normal closing of the Hunting Season.
The man was reported on the loose and both the shotgun with related ammunition that the game already killed have been seized.
(February 16, 2016)