HUNTING SEASON OPENS
Lragir.am
17-08-2007 18:15:02
On August 18 the hunting season starts in Armenia. The hunters will not
only have a chance to hunt but also to boast on their adventures all
year round. The president of the Union of Hunters of Armenia Grigor
Grigoryan says Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan is fond of such talks.
According to him, the head of the police Haik Harutiunyan is a good
shooter.
In Armenia hunters certainly have to pay. A wild boar is the most
expensive, 50 thousand drams, said Arthur Beglaryan, an inspector of
the Ministry of Environment.
He says 25 thousand hunters are registered in Armenia. For breaching
hunt regulations civilians will be fined 30 to 80 thousand drams,
officials will be fined 50 to 100 thousand drams.
For his part, the president of the Union of Hunters complained of
restrictions on the hunt on wolves. He evoked the Soviet times when the
government encouraged hunt on wolves.