International Regional
Region Rep Alessandro Fodera
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My name is Alessandro Fodera, I'm 47 years old and I'm from Italy. I'm relatively new to the PBS. I’ve been a member since 2016. I grew up in a small medieval town in the heart of a natural park call Trezzo sull'Adda. When I was a child my mother puts a bow in my hand and since then a love and passion has been born that has involved my whole life. I Always loved nature and lost myself in its beauty. I'm passonate about the enviromental protection, bowhunting and bowfishing.With my two brothers and few friends I'm proud to have reopened bowfishing in Italy and working to open new bowhunting areas. I strongly belive that this ancient form of hunting will prove to be the only one able to safeguard game, hunter and enviroment through the control and defense of the ecosystem. PBS is a great organization of which I’m a proud member. I need your help to let other members about the bowhunting in all the country. Please think about what you'll like to know if you had to go bowhunting in your country and let me know. Just a few lines are enough. Help us grow, share and get to know bowhunting and bowfishing in your country. alessandro.fodera@gmail.com |
REGIONAL REPORT FOR FIRST QUARTER 2021
Dear brothers, first off I hope everyone are all well and your families too.
Despite the feared postponements and the cancellation of the censuses due to COVID- 19, the hunting season in selection on ungulates however has begun in almost all of Italy on 16/08/20.
Due to the persistence of the health situation, throughout Italy the hunting activity has been interrupted several times so the presence and damage caused by ungulates have increased considerably; besides causing the spread of diseases among the various supernumerary species; such as keratoconjunctivitis which is spreading in the chamois of some Apine areas. In many European countries, however, the hunting activity continued following the planned abatement plans. With the suspension of all human activities and the abundance of food, the animals are much more numerous than in other years, especially the wild boars which have now invaded numerous countryside and are close to inhabited centers; creating many problems, not only for the inhabitants but also for other species of animals.
The feasibility of using bow hunters for numerical control of wild boars in the vicinity of inhabited centers is being studied with the Lombardy region.
The Euganean Hills Regional Park near Padua has published a notice of selection for participation in the course with final exam for a maximum number of 30 selecontrollers for the qualification of n. 15 archers to use bow and arrows for the control of wild boar and fallow deer populations in the territory of the Euganean Hills Regional Park, in accordance with current regulations. The course is reserved for selecontrollers already authorized by the Park Authority and registered in the register of selecontrollers to obtain the qualification to use the bow for the control activity in the Euganean Hills area. The news aroused much interest, so much so that even the newspaper "The Times" published an article / interview on Monday July 20 2020 by Philip Willan titled: "Wanted: Archers with a steady aim to cull wild deer at Colli Euganei Park near Padua in Italy ".
Another important news is that in the province of Bergamo, near Milan, the bowhunting in selection after several years in which it could be practiced exclusively in an area reserved only for bowhunters, it has been extended, only for the wild boar, to the entire Alpine territory of the province.
This is the state of affairs when it comes to bow hunting in the latter part of the year. I will update you as soon as possible on the developments of all these ongoing initiatives. Stay safe out there.
Mobilis in Mobile
Alessandro Fodera
Despite the feared postponements and the cancellation of the censuses due to COVID- 19, the hunting season in selection on ungulates however has begun in almost all of Italy on 16/08/20.
Due to the persistence of the health situation, throughout Italy the hunting activity has been interrupted several times so the presence and damage caused by ungulates have increased considerably; besides causing the spread of diseases among the various supernumerary species; such as keratoconjunctivitis which is spreading in the chamois of some Apine areas. In many European countries, however, the hunting activity continued following the planned abatement plans. With the suspension of all human activities and the abundance of food, the animals are much more numerous than in other years, especially the wild boars which have now invaded numerous countryside and are close to inhabited centers; creating many problems, not only for the inhabitants but also for other species of animals.
The feasibility of using bow hunters for numerical control of wild boars in the vicinity of inhabited centers is being studied with the Lombardy region.
The Euganean Hills Regional Park near Padua has published a notice of selection for participation in the course with final exam for a maximum number of 30 selecontrollers for the qualification of n. 15 archers to use bow and arrows for the control of wild boar and fallow deer populations in the territory of the Euganean Hills Regional Park, in accordance with current regulations. The course is reserved for selecontrollers already authorized by the Park Authority and registered in the register of selecontrollers to obtain the qualification to use the bow for the control activity in the Euganean Hills area. The news aroused much interest, so much so that even the newspaper "The Times" published an article / interview on Monday July 20 2020 by Philip Willan titled: "Wanted: Archers with a steady aim to cull wild deer at Colli Euganei Park near Padua in Italy ".
Another important news is that in the province of Bergamo, near Milan, the bowhunting in selection after several years in which it could be practiced exclusively in an area reserved only for bowhunters, it has been extended, only for the wild boar, to the entire Alpine territory of the province.
This is the state of affairs when it comes to bow hunting in the latter part of the year. I will update you as soon as possible on the developments of all these ongoing initiatives. Stay safe out there.
Mobilis in Mobile
Alessandro Fodera
