Poaching: Pollino Park, the Forestry Guard surprises two poachers inside the park area, one intent on hunting and the other practicing fowling with live call.
The activity of control and protection of the territory in the Pollino National Park, entrusted to the men of the CTA, Territorial Coordination for the Environment of the State Forestry Corps, does not stop. A 360 ° control that in recent days has led to the referral of two people to the Judicial Authority. A man from S.Sosti (CS) was surprised by the staff of the local Command Station while he was carrying out illegal hunting activities within the protected area in the “Gadursello” locality of the municipality of Mottafollone (CS). The man who had also fired some gunshots, at the sight of the Forestry personnel, tried in vain to hide the rifle and cartridges. The Forestry agents, after having surprised him, proceeded to report him in a state of freedom for introducing weapons and illegal hunting activities within the protected area; the rifle and ammunition were also seized.
Another operation was carried out by the staff of the Grisolia Station Command who surprised a man from Verbicaro (CS) while he was practicing fowling with a live call in the “Acqua del Bagno” locality in the Municipality of Verbicaro, zone “2” of the Park; the man used as a live call a Goldfinch (Finch) to catch birds belonging to the same species through the use of a net trap set up for the purpose; the poacher was denounced in a state of freedom by Forestry agents and all the equipment was confiscated. The decoy bird was also seized and immediately released into the wild in the same area of the operation.
28 December 2013
Source: ASCA