Il TAR Tuscan section II ° issued on 8 September 2020 the ordinance concerning the appeal presented by animal welfare and environmental associations, on some parts of the 2020/21 Hunting Calendar of the Tuscany Region. The object of the appeal concerned in particular the request for suspension for the hunting of the species Pochard and Lapwing, of the Combattente and of the Tortora in pre-opening. In its pronouncement, the TAR accepted the request for suspension of hunting for the Pochard and Lapwing species, while it decided not to accept the request on the legitimacy of the withdrawal of the Fighter species and as regards the Tortora in the pre-opening days.
In particular on the Tortora, the judges found that the procedure followed by the Tuscany Region on the second resolution n ° 451 was correct. issued on 31.08.2020 which, as known, had brought back the daily game bag from 12 to 5 heads. Furthermore, it should be noted that the arguments concerning the "failure to prepare adequate wildlife-hunting plans by the competent Administrations" in the references to the recommendations expressed by the Ministry of the Environment and ISPRA on the non-huntability of the Tortora species. The latter elements that can be considered positively for the continuation of the collection of the Tortora and the maintenance of the pre-opening hunt.
However, we remain awaiting the pronouncement by the Council of State regarding the species subject to suspension and for the definition of the limits relating to the calculation of the allowed time frame. Regarding the suspension on the above points, the TAR Toscano will express its opinion on April 28, 2021. The Confederation of Tuscan Hunters in judging this ruling contradictory with respect to the recent acts of the Marche Regional Administrative Court with sentence no.494 of 31.07.2020, he deems it necessary to continue the battle in appropriate locations in defense of the rights and reasons of all hunters.