Hunting suspended in Sicily: appeal to the TAR accepted. Down the shotguns, the rabbits don't touch

    Hunting suspended in Sicily: appeal to the TAR accepted. Down the shotguns, the rabbits don't touch

    The Tar suspends rabbit hunting in Sicily. The appeal presented by Legambiente, Lipu and WWF was accepted

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    The Tar suspends rabbit hunting in Sicily. In fact, the appeal against the 2020-2021 hunting calendar presented by Legambiente, Lipu and WWF was accepted. Specifically, rabbit hunting is completely suspended due to the absence of censuses, the complete protection of the lapwing and pochard species typical of wetlands is established, the introduction and killing of pheasant and partridge is also prohibited and hunting for woodcock is prohibited in January .





    Specifically, with an order of 26 September, the TAR reaffirmed some principles already established in other judgments and also by the Administrative Council of Justice, that is, the pre-eminence of the wildlife-environmental interest over the interest in the practice of hunting, which in the absence of scientific certainty, the planning, regulatory and administrative activities must be inspired by the precautionary principle, which can justify the adoption of protective measures even where scientific uncertainties remain about the existence or extent of the risks.

    The appeal was presented by the environmental associations Legambiente, LIPU and WWF, sponsored by the lawyers Antonella Bonanno and Nicola Giudice of the Court of Palermo who now reserve the right to act on the level of damage caused to the Sicilian fauna up to now and ask for the immediate execution of the 'ordinance and that immediate provisions are given to the supervisory bodies to avoid any act of poaching.

    Recall that the hunt began on Sunday 20 September. Ignoring the health risks deriving from hunting and hunting practices (killing, evisceration, bleeding of animals), shotguns have started killing millions of animals again, and will continue until next January 31st, while in some regions it will continue until February 10th. And there is already a long accident report.

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    In the case of Sicily, anyone who is aware of cases of killing, capturing or detention of protected species or, in any case, would like to report other cases of poaching and crimes against the environment and animals, can contact the WWF Supervisory Service. via the social page HERE or via e-mail guardiewwf.caltanissetta @ gmail.com.

    Source: Lipu, WWF, Legambiente


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