Il National Union of Hunters has made public the decree issued last October 4 by the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Mediterranean Fishing of the Sicily region. The commissioner Antonello Cracolici has formalized the replacement of article 4 of the Assessoriale Decree number 1375 of 4 April 2013, according to which the theoretical examination of the candidates called to take the qualification for hunting took place according to a written test on a series of multiple choice closed questions.
The new article provides as follows: first of all, the exams for the qualification to hunt in Sicily will take place in oral form and will have to do with the notions provided for in Article 3 of the same decree four years ago (national and community legislation and territorial planning among others). In addition, the practical test will consist in the recognition of wildlife species, also through the forms prepared by the administration.
As summarized very effectively by the Syndicate itself, for Sicilian hunters it is a "return to the origins" with the revival of oral exams for the subsequent qualification and abolition of quizzes.