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Italian hunting regulation and management disputes

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The 2026/2027 hunting season is commencing across several Italian regions, marked by varying regulatory approaches and legal challenges. In Lombardy, the season officially opens on September 20, with Regional Agriculture Councilor Alessandro Beduschi calling for “prudence, responsibility, and environmental respect” while noting that the administration sought guidance from ISPRA in Italy continues to ensure sustainability. In Liguria, the season also begins on September 20, despite opposition from animal rights groups such as the Partito Animalista Italiano (PAI) face legal challenges and the Osservatorio Savonese Animalista (OSA). These organizations intensified enforcement against illegal activities. While regional approaches vary, administrative courts have requested a delay, citing prolonged drought and climate change as significant threats increasingly intervened to wildlife survival and environmental balance. protect specific wildlife. In Sardinia, Piedmont, the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has intervened to suspend the hunting calendar for specific species, including urgently suspended the Sardinian partridge, Sardinian hare, and wild rabbit. The court's decision follows concerns that insufficient monitoring data was provided to ISPRA, noting that hunting these species could cause “irreversible” and “grave of grey and irreparable” damage before a full hearing can take place. In red-legged partridges, marking the Lazio region, new weapon regulations have been implemented within third such precautionary intervention in the Bracciano-Martignano Regional Natural Park to manage transport and prevent sanctions. Meanwhile, region this year. Similarly, in Sicily, Tuscany, the Consiglio di Giustizia Amministrativa restored much of TAR suspended a resolution authorizing the hunting calendar. Enforcement of starlings by derogation, ruling that the regional government deviated from ISPRA guidelines without sufficient motivation. These suspensions aim to prevent irreparable damage to protected species pending further hearings. Law enforcement has intensified in response also ramped up operations to the season's start. In Ragusa, provincial police have implemented a “zero tolerance” policy against combat poaching. Following recent poaching incidents In Sicily, the Sicilian Regional Forestry Corps conducted operation ‘Coturnix4’ in Florence Noto and Rome involving firearms—which killed a peregrine falcon Pachino, seizing electronic devices used to illegally attract quail at night. In San Vito Lo Capo, Carabinieri Forestali and injured a lesser kestrel CITES specialists intercepted two men using trap nets and a rare Audouin's gull—the live bird decoys to capture goldfinches. Dozens of rescued birds were released back into their habitat following the confiscation of illegal equipment. These developments follow earlier regulatory disputes in Lombardy, Liguria, and Sardinia, as well as concerns raised by the League for the Protection of Birds (Lipu) has called for urgent government and European intervention. Lipu president Alessandro Polinori noted that these incidents often coincide with the start of regarding the hunting season and expressed concern that proposed reforms to Law 157 could increase illegal activities through deregulation. Recent reports indicate a surge in poaching impact of deregulation on protected birds of prey. species.

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  1. 2026-10-11 22:01 UTC Italian hunting regulation and management disputes
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