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Order No. 403 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology “On restrictions on amateurish and sport hunting in relation to hunting resources in semi-free conditions and artificially created habitat.”

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Hunting/capture Hunting gear/hunting methods Animal welfare Game
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

This Order establishes restrictions on amateurish and sport hunting in relation to hunting resources in semi-free conditions and artificially created habitat. In particular, it prohibits: (a) use of hunting gear and hunting methods non complying with humanity and non-preventing cruel treatment of hunting resources (game); (b) use of other live hunting animals with signs of injury or mutilation to attract game; (c) use of hunting birds in the absence of authorization for breeding and keeping thereof; (d) organization of a corral of hunting animals, in which hunters move inside enclosure, surrounding the animals caught in the enclosure; (e) shooting "on noise", "on rustle", at an unclearly visible target; (f) shooting along the line of shooters (when the projectile can pass closer than 15 meters from the adjacent shooter); (g) shooting at a bird taking off below 2.5 meters when hunting in thickets, bushes or a limited view of the area; (h) unauthorized movement from the place of the shooting position, approach to a fallen, killed, wounded hunting animal before the end of the enclosure, in case of joint action for search, tracking, pursuit and hunting of game by two or more hunters; (i) hunting with defective hunting weapons; and (j) directing a loaded hunting weapon towards other individuals.

Full text
Russian
Website
publication.pravo.gov.ru

References - Legislation

Implements

Federal Law No. 209-FZ “On hunting and conservation of hunting resources.”

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2009

Keyword: Basic legislation, Hunting/capture, Hunting gear/hunting methods, Management/conservation, Hunting rights, Hunting authorization/permit, Birds, Traditional rights/customary rights, Stock enhancement/repopulation, Ranching/captive breeding, Classification/declassification, Contract/agreement

Source: FAO, FAOLEX