I straplai of Abruzzo they sent an alarmist letter to the regional councilor for agriculture Imprudent Emanuele. “Night hunting is dangerous and we hunters have not even been consulted”: this is the message of the straplai from Abruzzo. Here is what they specifically wrote: “In peasant culture, hunters had a recognized and accepted role. A role that today fully legitimizes us, no less than other categories and associations, to intervene on damage caused by wildlife to agricultural crops and road traffic.
Together with the farmers, we are the best connoisseurs of the territory and fauna. This is why we are amazed that we have not even been consulted on the eve of the modification of the specification for selection hunting, with the extension of the activity until midnight. This arrangement can create other problems, in addition to those already to be solved. How to reconcile the necessary safety with hunting at night, given the prohibition imposed by national law on the use of night vision goggles, light sources and thermal imaging cameras?
How will these hunters identify the animal, the age class, the sex, as required by the selection rules? How to make sure, at night, that the surrounding area is free from danger and that the bullet cannot ricochet miles away? Imprudent President, let us wild boar hunters take part in the search for solutions, as specialized operators and entitled to intervene on the hunting fauna level. Will you call us as soon as possible, if not now, when? ”.