Some weeks ago I wrote about moves in Italy to extend the hunting season, already far too long, with the possibility of all-year-round hunting and, worst of all, permitting hunting during migratory and nesting periods.
Italy is out on a limb over hunting in Europe having already been condemned in the highest European courts for abuse [...]
Throughout the civilised world Biodiversity is the buzzword in 2010….so what does the Italian government do to recognize its importance?
On 28th January 2010, the Italian Senate passed a motion de-regulating hunting, thus making it possible to massacre wild birds and animals with gay abandon all year around. The motion, if ratified, will allow hunting [...]
I love being in Italy but there is a downside when the hunting season starts and the local macho ‘cretini’ go out to blast anything with a pulse in the name of sport. I hate guns and especially being jerked from sleep by the blasts from a triple-barrelled shotgun before dawn. So, alone for several [...]