WWF, LIPU, Legambiente, ENPA and LAV they wrote to the institutions of the Campania to request the immediate suspension of the hunting season 2017-2018 pending verification of the damage caused by fires to the regional wildlife heritage. Furthermore, the various associations have demanded the blocking ofdog training, the pre-opening of hunting and dog competitions.
The pretext is to protect the natural environments and protected sites of Campania. The joint letter refers to the high temperatures they are characterizing for over a month the Campania. Furthermore, the letter talks about the populations of animals subjected to severe thermal stress and the sad fate of the birds living in the wooded areas affected by the fires.
The governor Vincenzo De Luca in this regard he asked for the recognition of the state of natural disaster, therefore for environmentalists the start of the hunting season would not be compatible with the current environmental state. For associations, then, hunting would damage the regional natural and faunal heritage immeasurably, without forgetting the actual damage that would have been underestimated. The various acronyms are also ready to appeal to the community government to assert their reasons.