Terni: noble gesture of wild boar hunters who donated the sum of 17 thousand euros to cancer research.
Yesterday morning the wild boar teams of ATC n.3 Ternano-Orvietano donated to AIRC, the Italian Cancer Research Association, the sum of 17.000 euros, the result of the proceeds from the sale of the animals killed on 1 November last. The delivery took place in the provincial council hall of Terni during a press conference in which Bernardino Breccia, representing the 84 provincial wild boar teams, donated the check to the Airc Umbria delegate Alessia Zazzaretta.
Present at the press conference were the president of the Province of Terni Feliciano Polli, the councilor for hunting policies Filippo Beco, the president of the Atc n. 3 Giovanni Eroli and the representatives of the hunting associations. President Polli did the honors by thanking the hunters “for their generosity and civil sensitivity.
It is a further fruit - he added - of the fruitful collaboration between the institutions, the hunting, agricultural and environmental world, which today translates into concrete support for an association that carries out a very important task. It is an added value - he concluded - which, in this moment of great crisis at every level, helps us to translate uncertainty into hope ".
“We are proud - said Breccia - to have given life to this initiative which concretely helps Airc in its very important activities. We have shown that the hunting world is attentive to social and health issues and in general has perfectly descended within society ".
La Zazzaretta sincerely thanked the wild boar teams and underlined "their sensitivity and generosity". “It is a very important help - he added - in this moment of generalized difficulty, which allows us to continue with greater certainty in the activities of our association. It is a great gift and a great sign of civilization also because it helps in a concrete way ".
Councilor Beco and President Eroli finally underlined the harmony that has been established between the hunting world and the rest of the community and recalled that the collaboration between subjects brings positive results for the whole community ".
November 21, 2012
Province of Terni