Verona, Hunting Fair: animal rights activists on the attack. The Police Headquarters have been alerted
It’s called Eos, acronym for European outdoor show, it is the exhibition dedicated to hunting, sport shooting, self defense, fishing and boating: it will start on 30 April in the Verona exhibition center, but it is already in the crosshairs of animal rights controversies. «Hunter run away! Saturday 30 April everyone in Verona! “, Is in fact the anti-hunting cry launched by”Animalist Synergy»Which organized for that day« a garrison in front of the Fair, where – writes the association – an expo of tools and accessories for those who love to kill and torment animals will be held ».
High voltage
It is not the only animal rights initiative against the Fair scheduled in Verona from April 30 to May 2: tension has been in the air for at least a couple of weeks, when anti-hunting stickers were displayed in the city (in particular in the Porta Nuova station and near the Town Hall, the Arena, the Fiera area…). At the entrance to the Eos there was also a manifesto that defined the hunters “scum of humanity», Which prompted the organizers of the event to report the escalation of anti-hunting episodes to the Verona Police Headquarters. A protest, the one announced by the animal rights activists for Saturday, which also arrived in Lombardy: that banner mentioned at the beginning, the “hunter escapes, April 30 all Verona!” it was in fact positioned on the gates of the purifier located on the provincial road 527 Bustese, which connects Monza to Oleggio via Busto Arsizio.
The positions
For animal rights activists, “hunting destroys the environment and is dangerous”, while “the Verona hunting exhibition market is organized by professionals in the sector: behind hunting there is always profit ». But the organizers of the show, which starts on Saturday, do not let themselves be intimidated: Eos, the company that will organize the European Outdoor Show at Veronafiere, intends “defend the event»From a possible initiative of the animal rights association. Almost 60 thousand square meters of exhibition space set up by the Eos company, based in Mestrino, in the province of Padua, which “does not intend immediately to be silent” the actions of the members of Centopercento Animalisti, described as “In search of notoriety and who do not hesitate to use hard ways to get it.”
Measures to protect yourself
The company has reported the facts to the Mestrino carabinieri and to the Verona police headquarters and is verifying other measures to protect itself in each office. «The militants of Centopercento Animalists are free to express their thoughts and their dissent towards an activity who do not share, but we cannot tolerate that they offend for free or, worse still, threaten hunters – say the organizers of the European Outdoor Show – We will take all measures to ensure that the conduct of the fair is serene and safe, not only from a health point of view, but safe and protected also from demonstrations and incursions by groups that seek excuse for all hunters and fishermen ». And the selling tension
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