Control over game resources in conditions of African swine fever (ASF) became the main topic of the seminar in Khabarovsk
More than 30 participants from 16 hunting clubs of Khabarovsky province attended the seminar. Experts from the Hunting Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Khabarovsky province and WWF Russia Amur branch presented a series of lectures to improve the level of juridical knowledge of game users and inspectors, including production control, practical exercises, presentations of measures to increase the number of game resources in conditions of a low number of wild boars.
Each hunter should know that at the request of an authorized inspector, the hunter is obliged to unload the weapon, stop the vehicle, present the documents: a hunting ticket, a permit to store and carry hunting weapons, a permit for the extraction of game resources, as well as to present for inspection: products of the hunt, hunting tools and vehicles. Violation of these requirements entails administrative punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to hunt for a period of 1 to 2 years.
The participants of the seminar received information leaflets and materials, jointly developed by specialists of the Hunting Management Department of Khabarovsky province and WWF Russia Amur branch.