Italien – 27. 10. 2024
Illegal bird hunting in northern Italy
27.10.2024
As part of the committee's ongoing bird protection camp in Brescia, northern Italy, 6 hunters were checked by authorities in the hills west of Lake Garda following reports from our teams - all six were convicted of poaching!
They had shot a total of 72 birds, including only 3 birds belonging to huntable species (2 song thrushes and a blackbird). The remaining 69 birds were protected chaffinches and bramblings, robins, meadow pipits, goldfinches, great tits and chiffchaffs. Police and wardens from WWF Italia seized five electronic decoys, a firearm and 32 live decoy birds from the perpetrators. The seizures of the last few days show once again the extent of illegal hunting in northern Italy.
Find out more about our campaign against illegal bird hunting in Italy here.