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Hunting Bill: M5S Files One Million Amendments, Forza Italia Proposes Changes

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The Five Star Movement has announced that it has filed approximately one million amendments to the hunting bill currently under consideration by the Agriculture Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. The move forms part of a strategy of parliamentary obstruction intended to slow the bill's progress. The bill, already approved by the Senate, introduces significant changes to land and wildlife management. According to M5S lawmakers, the reform would put the country's natural heritage and biodiversity at risk. The amendments were prepared in cooperation with environmental and animal-welfare organizations, including Lipu, WWF Italia, ENPA, and LAV. Within the governing majority, Forza Italia has submitted 14 amendments seeking to modify some of the bill's most debated provisions. The proposed changes would restrict the areas and periods in which hunting is permitted, strengthen penalties for hunting in protected areas such as national and regional parks, and prohibit the use of live decoys. Forza Italia also proposes that any extension of the hunting season end no later than February 1 and that night-vision devices be permitted only for the selective culling of wild boar. The proposals highlight differing positions within the majority over a bill strongly supported by Fratelli d'Italia and the League but criticized by part of Forza Italia and by Michela Vittoria Brambilla of Noi Moderati, a longtime animal-welfare advocate. Approval before the summer recess now appears unlikely. The European Commission is also monitoring the bill's compatibility with the EU Habitats and Birds Directives.