Poaching and surroundings: Cilento, three people were surprised and reported by the Forestry while they were hunting in the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park.
During the current hunting season, a series of checks were prepared by the CTA of Vallo della Lucania to prevent and suppress poaching phenomena in the Cilento Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park. At Aquara in the “Tempa Cavallo” locality, the Ottati Forestry Station Command surprised three people, who were hunting wild boar in a protected area.
The poachers, one of which was surprised while hiding armed in the company of a dog in the thick Mediterranean scrub, after being chased were promptly stopped and identified by the agents. For them the complaint was launched on the loose, the seizure of weapons and all ammunition. These are three people all residing in Roccadaspide in the province of Salerno.
For the three poachers, in addition to contesting the criminal offenses of hunting in a protected area and introducing weapons into the same, other ancillary sanctions are envisaged such as the confiscation of weapons and the suspension of the hunting license.
The monitoring of protected areas and agro-forestry-pastoral territories continues with dedication and commitment by the men of the Forestry Corps, to counteract the hunting activity exercised illegally, but above all for the repression of illegalities to the detriment of animals and the environment. natural. Since the beginning of the year, the number of people reported by the State Forestry Corps for the crime of hunting in an area subject to special protection and, for the illegal introduction of weapons, has risen to 15.
24 October 2014
Source: CilentoNotizie