Last Monday, June 20, 2022 the Regional Council of Tuscany approved resolution no. 695 to authorize, by derogation from stalking, the pigeon species (Columba livia forma domestica) pursuant to directive 2009/147 / EC, art. 9, paragraph 1, letter a) in order to prevent serious damage to local agricultural crops, throughout the region in the presence of crops and agricultural activities, in the days of early opening of the hunt authorized by the Regional Council and in the period between 18 September 2022 and January 30, 2023 inclusive;
Furthermore, it is established:
- that the picking of the Pigeon species can only be carried out in the land where autumn-winter cereals, spring-sown cereals or oil-based cereals (sunflower, soybean, rapeseed, broad bean, field bean, pea, chickpea, safflower, flax have been sown or are present ), as well as near them for a radius of 100 meters, in the period from sowing to harvesting the product;
- to establish the total number of pigeon heads (Columba livia forma domestica) at 20.000 that can be collected in Tuscany in 2022/23 in implementation of this provision;
- to allow the taking of the pigeon from stalking (Columba livia forma domestica) exclusively to hunters resident in Tuscany respectively for a maximum of twenty head per day and two hundred total seasonal head per hunter for the entire period (1 September 2022 - 30 January 2023) with the use of a smooth-bore shotgun with up to two shots or a semi-automatic repeater, with a magazine containing no more than two cartridges of caliber not exceeding twelve;
- to allow the use of live pigeon calls exclusively during the hunting period of the wood pigeon. If pre-opening is authorized, only pigeon molds can be used;
- to prohibit the sale of the garments removed;
- to establish that all the animals withdrawn must be marked immediately after recovery in the specific section dedicated to withdrawals of the digital regional hunting card (App Toscaccia);
An important measure proposed by the vice president Stefania Saccardi and on several occasions urged by us that goes against the needs related to the prevention of damage to agricultural production (source: CCT).