Hunters with merits to be tax exempted

The new hunting season for water birds and pigeons will be opened on August 19. Hunting is allowed for the owners of hunter licenses until December 31 on the whole territory of Moldova excepting the reproduction forests and zones. According to the Chairman of the Hunters and Fishers association, Oleg Ciocoi, the bird’s hunting limits are settled on the base of the norms of the State Ecological Inspectorate. During 5 years they are unchanged: 10 gallinules and pigeons and 5 ducks and moorhens. Until the last year, the hunters were obliged to have 3 documents: hunter license, gun license and the hunting ticket which is given in exchange of a certain sum settled by the Association, in 2005 it constituted MDL 60. Starting this year the hunting tickets will not be valid anymore and will be replaced with free of charge cards offered to hunters with merits. The rest will pay with cash for the possibility to hunt and namely MDL 25 per day. According to the legislation, hunting is admitted only on Saturdays, Sundays and as well on national holydays. Over 10 thousand hunters are officially registered in Moldova. The owners of hunting licenses must take a qualification examination each 5 years. The hunting period for wild geese starts on October 1.