I sincerely thank the editorial staff of “Russian Hunting Newspaper” in an interview with the Director of the Department of hunting Ministry of natural resources (article “Hunting should be a branch”), and personally Sergey Nikolayevich Budilina for your detailed and thorough answers to our burning questions.
Thanks for a clear vector of the planned changes — shestnadtsatiletnij period of spring hunting (although not the fact that he’s the best, better than one or two months, as before); the need for the introduction of exams at the hunting; solve nagonki and nataski dogs; the intention to work with the media in contact, so that the public knows about the activities of Kordamentha Ministry of natural resources, etc.
Of course, I would also like to know the position of kottapatnam the Ministry of natural resources and on other problematic issues of hunting economy and their solutions (wolf, beaver, Fox, etc.).
I “hooked” the following statements S. N. Budilina that I decided to respond:
— “I have a complete picture of the state of Affairs and understanding how to proceed. Our program is supported by the Minister, and now we start its implementation”;
— “I feel it is important to avoid making decisions that are not consistent with science, NGOs and ordinary hunters”;
— “will have to employ well-known experts. Of course, we wish it was an organization of equal capacity to Cnlu. To this end, we have begun to work closely with Vniism”;
— in relation to the law on hunting “criticism a lot, but it seems to me that it would be wrong to abolish the existing law. Of course, there are some shortcomings, but we should not forget that the law is young, and the attitude of the participants of kupalskaya finally still did not work. I think it is wise to adjust the law to fit the new requirements through amendments. I think we have enough of revolutionary change!”
Here, in my opinion, and laid a fundamental and insurmountable contradiction between the declared wishes S. N. Budilina, supported by the Minister, “to avoid making decisions that are not consistent with science, NGOs and ordinary hunters and patchwork to improve the hunting law, through the adoption of the amendments.
Development of the Law “On hunting” began in 1990. There are more than twenty variants of Federal laws about hunting or about hunting and hunting economy. When was the preparation of the current Law “On hunting” (2008-2009), at different stages of consideration and adoption by the state Duma, the Federation Council, the President of the Russian Federation, Institute of hunting economy (VNIIOZ them. Professor B. M. Zhitkov) unequivocally and categorically was against its adoption, since the law was explicitly anti-social, and anti-hunting antiecological direction and was a huge step backwards even compared to the force at the time legislation. Negative opinion of the Institute were sent to the State Duma, the Federation Council, widely published in the media, were placed on many sites on the Internet (if you wish, you can find them now), etc. the Last hope was on the President’s veto. From the Institute have been prepared justification for not signing by the President of the Russian Federation of the act. Organized collection of signatures of leading scientists and specialists of Russia under the letter to the President about vetoing this law. Unfortunately, nothing worked. Have not heard…
At the time first Deputy Director of the Institute of legislation and comparative law under the Government of the Russian Federation Yu. a. Tikhomirov has noticed that in the initial stages it is impossible to predict the effects of laws and other legal acts, it is therefore necessary to constantly observe their implementation in the framework of the legal monitoring.
So, what does the monitoring? Assessment of the Law “About hunting”? In the figurative expression of Professor V. A. kuzjakina, the acting law “jumped out as the devil from a snuffbox”. That’s why he did it, according to him, such an ugly, anti-people, anti-social, antiecological, antieconomic, corruption. In his opinion, we need a new law, more reasonable (see “Round table on spring hunting” on the website “Ohotniki.ru”).
Professor M. D. Cooper indicates that anything good after adoption of Law “About hunting” did not work and will not work. The law aims to finish the final hunting economy of Russia and destroy its beautiful tradition, established in the country over the last century. To correct the existing law it is impossible. Ovchinka not worth the candle. The law will have to make as many additions and corrections that it is better to write a new (ibid: Round table at the spring hunting”).
Professor Yu. I. Rozhkov indicates that we need a conceptually different, nationally oriented law on hunting (ibid: Round table at the spring hunting”).
About the need for a radical revision of the Law “On hunting” in his time, wrote and former Director of Kordamentha Ministry of Russia A. E. Bersenev in the article “Law “About hunting”: to perform cannot be corrected. Where to put a comma?” (“HORN” № 26, 2012). But unfortunately, its awareness of the need for replacement of the law was not implemented.
“In regard to the overly complex procedures for granting permits I, like most hunters, at first deeply resented, the Minister said the Ministry of natural resources of Russia Yury Trutnev, — but when done with the text of the law in his hands, convinced that “all the extra crap arose due to the requirements dictated by the new Law “About hunting…”” (“HORN” № 45, 2010).
A leading expert on biology and monitoring of waterfowl in Russia, candidate of biological Sciences A. B., Linkov believes that the law has not solved problems in the hunting economy for the last two decades, and requires a fundamental processing (“Okhota — national hunting magazine”, № 6, 2013. Str. 16-18).
The long-awaited law on hunting was anti-hunting. “The constitutional right of Russian citizens equal rights to hunting — trampled!” — writes Professor A. A. Danilkin. Blatant social injustice in the access to the hunting resource, programmed by the law on hunting, has led to a growth in protest of poaching that state to stop can not. Effective protection, reproduction, increase and rational use of objects of fauna under the current law is impossible, what leading scientists and experts of the country have warned the President of the country and write about it until now. Need a different concept, a different strategy of development of hunting, we need a fundamentally new Federal law “About hunting” (Danilkin, A. A., Hunt, hunting and biodiversity. M., 2016. P. 174-176).
President of the interregional public organization of hunters “Women’s Hunting Club” Elena Gorbunova reported that the development of the law “on normative documents, legal support in the sphere of protection and use of hunting resources produced by the MNR within two years of the execution of powers by ignorance and cynicism in relation to use of hunting resources have no equal in the world” (“HORN” № 25, 2012). It is echoed by a reputable wildlife biologist Yevgeny Ershov: “the legal framework for hunting is not in the interests of the majority of hunters and hunting users, and lately even common sense. In the reform of Federal law for the hunting economy is clearly observed a clear pattern: they almost always evoke a storm of indignation, discontent and resentment among the vast majority of not only hunters, but also professionals, representatives of science and the public” (Ershov E. “I was plagued by vague doubts”. the website “Ohotniki.ru”).
Unfortunately, while there is only a “patchwork” improving the Law “On hunting” — sixteen times amended. However, the destructive nature of this law with frequent changes and additions could not be overcome. No wonder the representatives of the hunting community and leading experts hunting science ascertain the similarity of the adopted and proposed amendments with poultices. As a poultice, as you know, the dead will not help.
2009 entered the history of immunology as the year of “the funeral” hope for sane legislation and the “wise legislator” (this year government passed the Rules of obtaining game animals, the Law “About hunting and preservation of hunting animals”).
But the peak of absurdity (absurdities) was achieved with the adoption of the law of development of two documents — the state program and the Strategy. The state program “Reproduction and use of natural resources” (it has a sub-program “Preservation and reproduction of hunting resources”) (approved by the Government of the Russian Federation in 2013 and amended in 2014). Strategy of development of hunting in the Russian Federation till 2030 approved by order of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2014.
The aim of the subprogram “Preservation and reproduction of hunting resources” — “ensuring the preservation and reproduction of hunting resources”. Expected results — the preservation and growth of the size of the main species of hunting resources”. The main targets of the hunting economy of the Russian Federation, according to the Strategy, “increase in the number of major species of hunting animals…”.
Dissonance compared to this look of the wording from “neighboring fields” — fisheries. For example, target indicators and indicators of the state program “Development of fisheries industry” — dynamics of volume of production (catch); growth of production; amount produced fish and fish products; ensure that by 2020 per capita consumption of fish and fish products by population of the Russian Federation at the level not lower than 22.7 kilogram, etc.
In the hunting field the most important task — the production volume of animals and products, and increase the number. Needed in 2030 to increase the number of major species of hunting animals is no less than 2 times.
Key in the field of hunting and hunting economy is the need for the development and adoption of the new Federal law “On hunting and hunting farm”. The emphasis in this law should be on protection, and the use of resources, for protection, increasing strength — not an end in itself, but only an essential Foundation for sustainable use of animals. Agree with the statement of the founder of the Irkutsk school of immunology Professor V. N. Skalon of the fact that “protection without the use of the essence of nonsense”. Resources of game animals require an annual gathering the “harvest”. To create an inventory of hunting resources in nature is impossible. Not assembled hunters “harvest” is lost forever with no benefit to society for people, giving rise to other problems.
In connection with the above, I consider it necessary to ask Sergey Nikolayevich Budilina to explain how to understand his conflicting statements about what he will build on the actions agreed with science, NGOs and ordinary hunters that are against the stated and agreed with the Minister the position on patchwork perfection of the Law “About hunting”.
In General, as a lawyer, invited a colleague of the lawyer S. N. Budilina to Kirov in VNIIOZ for establishing contacts with science and debating issues of public policy in the sphere of hunting and hunting economy in the future.
