The Superior Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha is illegal the way in which the Board has regulated the midseason, practice hunting that takes place every year between 15 August and 15 September and that affects species pigeon, turtledove and quail. As indicated in the sentence, and that it is firm to not having appealed the Board, administrations can not allow hunting without first demonstrate that the population density allow their sustainable use and set hunting seasons without proving that they are not on the basis of their reproductive period cycle of the species and their phenology provincial.
The action was brought in 2007 by Ecologists in Action order closures of the 2007-2008 season, not only for the midseason, but for encroaching partridge hunting claim the breeding season and zeal of this species. To resolve, the Court requested an expert opinion on SEO / BirdLife on the compatibility between working periods of hunting and reproduction of the red partridge, wood pigeon, turtledove and quail in Castilla-La Mancha and the overlap between the period partridge breeding with hunting of this species with male claim. For this report, SEO / BirdLife reviewed all the scientific information published to date and the nest records database.
This statement has to have a great ride as is, in fact, that species of birds and dates to catch them just can not be negotiated regional hunting tips, but must be supported by technical and scientific studies to ensure that hunting can not adversely affect their populations and that at no time was carried out in breeding season.
The truth is that there is nothing new since the Birds Directive is quite clear in this respect, the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Communities since 2008 a good guide to the European Commission to harmonize the practice of hunting and the Birds Directive. However, in Spain we doing wrong, so that this Supreme Court ruling of Castilla-La Mancha will be a starting point to demand that things be done well.
By the way, the turtle dove and quail are in poor condition and should be a moratorium on whaling, but that is a question of another entry in the blog.
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