During an interview with the Polish Press Agency (PAP), Mikołaj Dorożała, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment, stated that changes to hunting regulations are forthcoming. Dorożała named animal species that may soon be prohibited from hunting and mentioned restrictions on group hunting and the use of electronic logbooks during hunting.

Mikolaj Dorożała has announced his intention to implement the demands of the Let Them Live Coalition (Polish: Koalicja Niech Żyją). The politician has already started taking steps to implement a plan to protect some of Poland's wild bird species. The organisation has long been advocating for a ban on hunting certain bird species, including the greylag goose, white-fronted goose, bean goose, headed duck, tufted duck, bar-tailed duck, mallard, coot, pheasant, partridge, woodcock, and wood pigeon. These species have seen a significant decline in their numbers in recent decades.

The Deputy Minister for Climate and Environment has mentioned the need to protect wild boar and revealed he had already discussed and successfully negotiated a temporary moratorium on hunting boar sows with the Chief Hunter. He stated that hunting pregnant sows is deemed unacceptable by the hunting community, so they plan to introduce protective periods for sows. Additionally, the Deputy Minister has recommended introducing restrictions on group hunting.

Residents are facing a problem due to the lack of information about hunting activities in the forest. They need to know the exact timings of these hunts. Dorożała has suggested that social media can be used to communicate news of hunts to the residents. Additionally, the politician has appealed to hunters to use an electronic logbook to keep track of their hunting trips. He has also urged the authorities to consider banning the use of night vision devices for hunting and to increase the minimum age for hunting or being present during a hunt.

Source: PAP