Since the beginning of this December it has been in effect province of Rovigo il hare hunting ban. Two hunters, however, have been arrested in recent days for having violated the arrest. Both were denounced on the loose and reported by the Provincial Police to the judicial authority. With them they had a hare just killed, especially for which the hunting activity has been closed for 27 days precisely.
Both the wild killed and the weapons used were impounded. The intervention of the Forestry Corps took place after the reporting of some shots in the area of Sant'Apollinare, fraction of Rovigo. Most likely the killing of the hare took place in the repopulation and capture area, area where hunting is prohibited. The Provincial Police then intercepted the hunters responsible while they were in an industrial area. The dead hare had been placed on the back seat of their car, between the bags and the hunting equipment.