The recovery of wounded animals, the use of weapons, foraging and the possibility of operating even on days of 'hunting silence' such as Tuesdays and Fridays. These are some of the aspects challenged in the Tar Umbria da Legambiente with regard to the new regional regulation - and also the disciplinary - for the management of the hunting of ungulates through the hunt for selection: after the precautionary decree of mid-June there is the order that accepts the suspension. Legambiente has asked for the cancellation - with an application for suspension - of the regulation with particular reference to theArticle 6, paragraph 1: provides that "it being understood that the recovery of wounded animals in hunting action must be compulsorily attempted in the immediacy of the point of injury by the hunters themselves, ATC management committees institute forms of recovery of the aforementioned items; the dog used must have qualified in working tests on a blood trace recognized by the Italian national canine body ».
Furthermore «the conductor during the recovery operations can use weapons, however rifled, with or without aiming optics; in case of need, carry out the recovery with the use of the weapon, even outside the management district or within protected areas or privately managed or prohibited from hunting provided that, depending on the case, it is authorized by managers and accompanied by staff of theWeapon of the forest police or by voluntary security guards, specially identified by the ATC ». Point accepted. Defending the interests of Legambiente - essentially for them, in this way, hunting is authorized throughout the year, 'circumventing' the law - is the lawyer Emma Contarini, while for the Umbria Region there is Luciano Ricci.
Article 8 - paragraph 11 - of the disciplinary in the Atc: "In order to contribute - we read - through selection hunting to mitigate the impacts of wild boar on anthropogenic activities and with a view to reducing hunting effort, the wild boar foraging for attractive purposes on firing points". Article 15 is also brought into play: "It provides that the handler of track dogs during retrieval operations may, in case of need, also operate outside the management district or within protected or privately managed areas or prohibited from hunting, even on days of hunting silence (Tuesday and Friday) ". Added to this is the fact that every other executive was challenged in preparation for the approval of the hunting calendar for the selection hunt. 2021/2022.
Hence the urgency to proceed with the request for the shortening of the terms. In the order signed by the president Raffaele Potenza it is specified that "the board considers that there are sufficient profiles of fumus boni iuris for the purpose of granting the invoked precautionary protection, since the complaints relating to the contrast of the contested acts with the rules of primary state legislation do not appear unfounded protection of the environment and the ecosystem recalled by the applicant association ". Also considering "the topicality of the danger of serious and irreparable damage to the conservation of wildlife, given the start of the hunting season with regard to selection hunting of ungulates as a result of the resolution of the regional council 523/2021 ». Merit discussion set for February 8, 2022 (Umbria Hon).