Fines totaling 37 thousand euros (which almost all go to the coffers of the Tuscany Region), 1975 people checked, 197 violations. One in ten of those inspected was not in good standing. The hunting season has now come to an end and the WWF Tuscany provides a new account of the activities of his Voluntary security guards, a task force against environmental crimes that operates in coordination with the Provincial Police and the Forestry Carabinieri.
It is - as he points out Maurizio Cristofani, commander of the WWF guards for Tuscany - of cumulative data referring to all the services performed (hunting, fishing, zoophiles), but the vast majority of the sanctions concern hunting. Going to see more in detail, in first place for number of violations (80) we find Florence, in first position also for the amount of fines (almost 14 thousand euros), seizures (15) and criminal complaints (10).
The report speaks of an aggravation of violations in the face of the constant decrease in the number of hunters. Poaching gets tainted with serious crimes which include high sanctions (which do not seem to discourage the bad guys) such as the killing of protected species, the use of modified weapons and even illegal carrying of a firearm.
Wrong article, it suggests that poaching is a branch of hunting, while poachers sometimes do not even have a gun license, furthermore these are alleged violations, it will then be necessary to see in court how many of these will be confirmed or quashed.
Hello, it is not the article that is badly done, we have limited ourselves to reporting the point of view of the WWF guards.
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