The Extraordinary Commissioner of the ATC Territorial Hunting Area of the Province of Foggia, in the person of Domenico Guerra, with resolution no. 10 of 15 April 2019 made public the call for the qualification of Selecacciatore for the management of ungulates. The course was favorably received by the hunting and environmental associations of the Province of Foggia, strengthened by the authorization and in compliance with the guidelines from the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection (ISPRA) and with the authorization of the Puglia Region.
The course was organized by the Organizational Position Manager Rag. Giuseppe Veneziani, divided into four weekends for 92 total hours for the management and selection of hunting for the following species: Wild boar, fallow deer, roe deer, mouflon and deer. The PO Manager Rag. Giuseppe Veneziani states that the selecacciatore: is a "special" hunter with "special" titles and authorizations, which allow him to make a valuable contribution to maintenance of the ecosystem. The course was attended by 64 hunters from the Province of Foggia, Bari and BAT, of which they have obtained the qualification 59 hunters the final exam held on May 9th.
The subjects of the course were: Recognition in nature of sex and age classes, signs of presence, habitat, nutrition, interaction with economic activities, competitors and predators Social behavior, annual life cycle, reproductive biology and population dynamics, determination of the structure and consistency of populations, types and census methods age of the culled subjects, estimate of the age from the analysis of the jaws. The Territorial Hunting Area of the Province of Foggia, with the achievement of the qualification of the selechaters, will be able to start giving a help to all those farmers who have problems with ungulates in their properties, creating various damage to agricultural crops.