The regional councilor of Puglia Mimmo Santorsola issued the following statement: "The Regional Council, in the session of 18/6, approved the bill by majority vote"Amendments and additions to LR 59/17 - (Rules for the protection of homeothermic wildlife, for the protection and planning of wildlife - environmental resources for the hunting sampling and collection, conservation and marketing of fresh and preserved truffles in the Puglia Region ”.
While sharing the inspiring principles and the defense of free movement of hunters throughout the region, I believe that the new rules do not adequately take into account the risks deriving from the slavish application of what is contained in the text. The high presence of hunters for each hunting day, in fact, would be detrimental to the rights of ATC members (territorial hunting areas), would cause damage to natural habitats and, ultimately, would dramatically increase the risks of hunting accidents, putting the hunters themselves at serious risk.
I have therefore tabled two amendments on this: the first reduced the days in which, in the period from 5 November to 1 January of each hunting year, each hunter could go to ATCs other than those to which he / she belonged to 31, with the absolute exclusion of those falling within the Contiguous Areas parks and gods Natura 2000 Network Sites. The second amendment required each ATC to reserve no more than 10% of the available seats for guest hunters in order to avoid overcrowding of the most attractive ATCs; the same principle of environmental protection, after all, animates art. 2 of the proposal in question where it refers to the collection, conservation and marketing of truffles.
Finally, a third amendment extended the restocking period to allow optimal adaptation of the animals introduced and the possibility of a real and stable rooting of the deficient species. At the request of the Councilor for the branch, and for the sole purpose of avoid unnecessary administrative delays, I withdrew the amendments in response to a specific commitment by him to review the implementing regulation of the law on the basis of the suggestions presented, reserving in the event of non-acceptance to propose them again in the same way. Hunting is a healthy and noble sport and true hunters are "gentlemen" who know how to respect nature ".