Lipu, 'Italy is outlawed for hunting' - Infrastructures & Cities. The hunting season which ends on January 31st "except for various extensions" was characterized by "at least five serious violations of the Birds Directive" Lipu states that "the European ban on the use of lead ammunition in wetlands" was "also circumvented" and "the obligation to produce data that provides a picture of the impact of hunting on biodiversity was ignored".
Finally there is "rampant poaching", which continues to represent a plague.