The catchphrase on animal welfare it seems to have no end. In the Senate, politics is working to reach the unified text of the "animal protection" bill to allow for an acceleration of the examination by the committees in order to reduce the time for a possible final approval. The now known contents would like to increase the penal sanctions in the matter of animal abuse, repeal art. 842 of the Civil Code for access to agricultural land for hunting purposes, outlawing the use of live calls for hunting purposes and for fairs and exhibitions and many others "Pearls" previously highlighted.
Unfortunately, the attacks on the hunting world do not seem to have ended here; from this “pseudo-cultural” setting every day is added a piece for completing the mosaic. One of the most extensive and subtle attacks on hunting and our traditions is materializing not only through the presentation of unfortunate bills but also through a series of circulars, opinions, invitations etc. that invade the offices of the Regions and the Departments. It is of these hours, the news of the umpteenth ministerial circular destined to cause uncertainty and confusion and which will need to be better evaluated in the coming days. The Ministry of Health has issued an opinion sent to the Health Departments of the Regions, concerning the use of acoustic collars and the possible effects on the health and well-being of dogs.
In the attached opinion following an application presented last June by theExperimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, the characteristics beyond which the crime of maltreatment under the terms of art. 544 - ter of Penal Code. The Confederation of Tuscan Hunters, which in recent days has already taken steps to sensitize the parliamentarians and council groups of Tuscany on the Animal Welfare Bill, will undertake to continue its commitment on this particular aspect, too, so that are better defined by the Regional Health Department, the terms of use of the collars in question to ensure maximum legal certainty for hunters citizens.