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meat handling for the food chain. Mr Dorn
stressed that a distinction should also be
made between farmed game from ‘overseas’
versus ‘locally sourced game meat’ that is
more sustainable.
Joseph Perici Calascione, president of the
Federation for Hunting & Conservation
of Malta (FKNK), focused his address on
the need to promote the importance of
traditional and sustainable hunting practices,
which are constantly under attack.
Mr Perici Calascione discussed the
challenges of communicating about
traditional hunting practices, with examples
from Malta, of how these deeply-rooted
cultural activities are targeted through
various misinformation campaigns.
He proposed how communication should
change in the future, for example, to package
these small-scale and selective activities as
culturally, regionally and socially important,
while promoting European diversity.
He stated: “I am a very strong believer
in using science and its incontrovertible
facts and fi ndings, as the foundation of
our arguments alongside the historicallyundeniable
socio-cultural reality of hunting
practices across Europe.
“Legislation, which acknowledges this
socio-cultural reality
and reframes it within a contemporary
context, supported by science, provides an
excellent balance between all the realities
surrounding the hunting issue.”
He concluded that: “the EU must be
united in promoting cultural diversity.”
Patrizia Filippi stressed the importance
of youth education, with the example of
fairy tales and literature. She presented
‘Hunter in Wonderland’, a book of fairy
tales of which she is one of the authors.
Th is publication is dedicated to hunters and
is intended for parents and children of all
ages and designed to facilitate the reading
of people with dyslexia and other learning
diffi culties. With lexical simplicity and
funny drawings, children can learn about
hunting and are introduced to the topics of
biodiversity and conservation.
Th e conference was an initiative
promoted by the Members of the European
Parliament Karl-Heinz Florenz (EPP)and
Renata Briano (S&D), respectively president
and vice-president of the Biodiversity,
Hunting, Countryside Intergroup.
For FACE, this conference coincided
with the 2018 European Year of Cultural
Heritage, whereby all European hunters are
encouraged to communicate the cultural
value of hunting.
Th ere are already excellent examples, such
as how the United Nations Educational,
Scientifi c and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO) has awarded the Intangible
Cultural Heritage of Humanity designation
to falconry because of its social and
environmental values that are passed on
from generation to generation.
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