Overview

• Nationwide hunting resumes on Sunday after regional pre-openings, renewing concerns over impacts on migratory birds.
• Waldrappteam reports that almost one in three reintroduced northern bald ibises is illegally killed in Italy, documented through GPS tracking.
• WWF says it has collected about 85,000 signatures to oppose what it calls an increasingly permissive framework for hunting.
• Lipu warns that many regions extended hunting into pre-nuptial migration periods and authorized 21 species it deems in poor conservation status, raising Birds Directive compliance issues.
• The governing majority approved a Ddl Montagna amendment to allow hunting near mountain passes pending publication, while a broader Senate reform faces EU scrutiny and fresh court challenges.