Ticino: Investigations Against Several Recreational Hunters
In Ticino, several recreational hunters are under investigation. The violations range from illegal killings to prohibited weapons.
A serious case of poaching in the canton of Ticino, which investigators are still examining.
The news comes just days after the end of the open hunting season and concerns primarily the forests of the Valle Maggia.
At the centre of the investigation is a group of individuals (according to our information, at least four) from the Locarnese and Vallemaggia regions, who went hunting in the forests at night equipped with night-vision devices and specially modified firearms.
In this manner, they are alleged to have killed several wild animals, including deer, roe deer, and also badgers, which were found by police during a house search.
A considerable haul, which police discovered during checks on those involved, who were also reported to the public prosecutor's office for the use and possession of unlawful hunting equipment.
Trophies and kilograms of packaged meat were apparently seized, as were rifles and ammunition, writes laregione.ch
More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier Poaching and hunting crime in Switzerland we document cases, legal questions and recurring patterns. The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
