On a joint note ACLI Ambiente Foggia, WWF Foggia and the Center for Naturalistic Studies of the Apulian municipality, the substantial acceptance of the request presented by the associations in June to protect the presence of the Italic hare in the Gargano Park. As pointed out by the press release, we are talking about an exclusive species of Central-Southern area of our country, as well as Corsica and which would be in danger due to the wildlife-hunting repopulation.
ACLI, WWF and Centro Studi have opposed theintroduction of European breeding hares, considered massive. Furthermore, the two species of hare would be similar and difficult to distinguish for a remote hunter. The Province of Foggia has excluded the Gargano area and it has been specified which are the areas in which the animals can be released. The release zones are no longer 60, but 40 e in twenty to be there will be direct control.
The environmental associations consider all this a more than positive result, as well as useful to calm the “apprehensions regarding the imminent new hunting season”. The Apulian hunt will begin next September 18th, but already from 1 to 4 September it was possible to take advantage of the pre-opening in derogation. After criticizing the poor hunting controls, the note ends with the recognized impossibility of resolving the "Problem of the impoverishment of the fauna heritage": “ready-hunting” launches have been defined as an aberrant practice, as well as speculative and consumerist.