Forum Entomologi Italiani

Italian couple faces 33,000-Turkish Lira fine for catching endemic butterflies

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/italia ... sCatID=341

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Accidenti, rischiano una multa da 13.000 a 26.000 euro

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L'oca è ritenuto l'animale simbolo della stupidità, a causa delle sciocchezze che gli uomini hanno scritto con le sue penne.

Riporto il testo dell'articolo: "Two Italian citizens charged with catching nearly 700 endemic butterflies illegally in the northeastern Turkish province of Artvin, could be fined between 33,000 and 66,000 Turkish Liras, Anadolu agency reported.
Turkish gendarmerie forces captured Liliana Lanzafame, 63, and Gioacchino Gulli, 69, catching endemic butterflies in Artvin’s Yusufeli neighborhood, after being alerted by witness Vildan Bozacı, a butterfly observer who works for the “Nature Protection Center” in a nearby village, Yaylalar.
Bozacı claimed that she saw the couple catching the butterflies with a tool, which has been used in the butterfly catching. After she took photographs of the two Italians in the act, Bozacı informed the Directorate of the Natural Conservation and National Parks’ Artvin branch office.
After a search in the Italians’ caravan, police found the couple separated 682 butterflies. The couple face a fine of 33,000 euros according to the relevant law of environment in the Turkish civil code.
The district director of the Natural Conservation and National Parks, Mustafa Bulut, said many of the butterflies that were caught belonged to the area, adding that Artvin was rich in terms of biodiversity.
“We encountered many people who want to smuggle endemic plants, butterflies and insects from our province,” Bulut said, adding that the citizens should give notice to the gendarmerie when they suspect someone who is a stranger in the village. July/22/2013"

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Daniele

Porca pupazza!!! Conosco Gioacchino, e mi dispiace sapere che rischia questa sanzione. La cosa mi conferma che abbiamo fatto bene a chiedere ed ottenere i permessi quando siamo stati lì due mesi fa.

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Maurizio Bollino

Mi dispiace molto per loro!!! Però il messaggio era chiaro, la Turchia fa sul serio!!!

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Saluti Mimmo

e lo ribadisce con la notizia che anche Jean-Claude Weiss è stato "beccato" con altri due entomologi in quel di Artvin.
Notizie recenti, comunque, li danno tutti rientrati in Patria senza aver pagato multe. Il materiale, però, è stato confiscato.

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Maurizio Bollino