The appeal against the calendar
The Department of Agriculture, Agri-food Resources and Forestry of Calabria Region communicated what was decided following the appeal, proposed by the Italian League for the Protection of Birds - Lipu Odv, the Italian Association World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) ONLUS, the League for the abolition of hunting ODV ETS, ENPA National Animal Protection Agency OdV, LAV Anti Vivisection League Onlus, Legambiente Calabria APS
Suspension of hunting for the species
The appeal led the Regional Administrative Court for Calabria (First Section), of Catanzaro, in the chamber of 03 October 2023 to decide to suspend the Pochard hunt from the 2023/2024 Hunting Calendar (pending the in-depth analysis in the merit).
The new Calabrian calendar
Therefore, taking into account the decision of the Calabria TAR, pochard hunting is suspended in the 2023/2024 hunting calendar. As underlined by the Calabria Region itself, the 2023/2024 Hunting Calendar remains valid for the rest of the planned hunting activity.