Αγγλική μετάφραση ακολουθεί το Ελληνικό κείμενο.
Εν έτη 2018 γίνεται προσπάθεια να επιβληθούν ως δήθεν φυσικός ρυθμιστής οι δολοφονίες αθώων πλασμάτων για διασκέδαση! Αν αυτό δεν είναι άρρωστο και υπόγεια υποκινούμενο, τί θα μπορούσε να είναι;
Αποδεικνύεται περίτρανα ότι η κυβέρνηση και τα υπουργεία της λειτουργούν όχι με γνώμονα το κοινό καλό, των πολιτών και του περιβάλλοντος αυτής της χώρας, αλλά με γνώμονα τα συμφέροντα.
Είναι γνωστό σε όλους ότι πίσω από την επιχείρηση κυνήγι διακινούνται πολλά χρήματα, μέσω των αδειών, του κυνηγετικού εξοπλισμού κλπ.
Καταλαβαίνουμε λοιπόν όλοι γιατί το λόμπι των κυνηγών έχει τόση δύναμη που ακόμη και τα υπουργεία υποκύπτουν στις απαιτήσεις τους, αγνοούν νόμους και κανονισμούς και θέτουν σε κίνδυνο προστατευόμενες περιοχές και είδη ζώων.
Μπορεί μεν η αναφορά να γίνεται για τα νησιά του Αιγαίου, όμως πλέον η καταστροφή από την ανθρώπινη δραστηριότητα επιφυλάσσει ζοφερό μέλλον σε όλη τη χώρα. Το δυστύχημα είναι ότι ενώ οι επιστήμονες κρούουν το κώδωνα του κινδύνου, η κυβέρνηση και τα υπουργεία της και σε αυτή την περίπτωση προσπαθούν να αποδείξουν ότι δρουν εξυπηρετώντας άλλα συμφέροντα.
Panhellenic Animal Welfare and Environmental Federation intervened in the consultation about Forestry Strategic Plan Development 2018-2038 (National Forest Strategy) and in particular Article 3-Mediterrean Forestry. In the Article 3 “the role of farm and wild animals grazing is recognized as means of woodland ecosystems” and “the role of hunting is recognized as tool of environmental management”. It has expressed its points of view (page 3 of comments in this article), which are the following:
Ministers of this government are the embodiment of Middle Ages. They consider murders of innocent creatures just for pleasure as physical regulators. We believe that this point of view is abnormal and they have acted in an underhand manner.
It is obvious that the government and its ministers do not act in the interests of citizens, the environment and the common good. They act on behalf of specific interests.
It is well known that a lot of money is made in the hunting industry (licenses, hunting equipment etc.).
Hunting lobby has great power and all ministers bent to the demands of the lobby. Hunters disobey laws and regulations and put protected nature areas and animal species at risk.
Farm animals grazing in woodlands is recognized as means of woodland ecosystems handling and it is accepted that live-stock farming contributes to the woodland ecosystems handling. Unfortunately, the reality is different. As another human activity, it destroys the balance of the woodland ecosystem. According to Thodoris Tsimbidis (Director of “Archipelagos”, Institute of Marine Conservation): “ In many Aegean islands the fertility of soil is decreased. One of the three major reasons is livestock farming which affects the land and woodland ecosystems and it causes an immeasurable ecological disaster.”
This ecological disaster caused by human activity can impact the whole country and not only the islands of Aegean Sea, Unfortunately, government and component ministers have proven that they act in order to promote specific interests, even though scientists have set off alarm bell.
Panhellenic Animal Welfare and Environmental Federation has expressed its disagreement with these decisions taken by ministers of Greek government. It is obvious that Greek government has not taken any actions to protect the environment and the woodland ecosystems. PFPO demand that the sentence “Hunting as a tool for environmental management” and the phrase “farm animals grazing” in the sentence “the role of farm and wild animals grazing as means of woodland ecosystems” are removed.