He is a municipal councilor of Montallegro, in the province of Agrigento; the man was surprised by the Voluntary Hunting Guards while poaching rabbits within the integral nature reserve of Torre Salsa, in Siculiana.
The poacher councilor was in fact caught red-handed after he had illegally killed five rabbits within the reserve territory, therefore he was reported to the Judicial Authority to answer for poaching; the semiautomatic rifle, the forty cartridges, a lighthouse for night lighting and the five rabbits just killed were seized.
The operation is part of the wider territorial control activity to counter the phenomenon of poaching conducted by the voluntary hunting guards in collaboration with the staff of the Wildlife Department of Agrigento and with the hunters of the Villaseta Hunters' Club.
(November 13, 2012)