NUMBER OF HUNTING GROUNDS GO UP IN ARMENIA UNDER STATE PROGRAM

ARKA
Aug 25, 2008

YEREVAN, August 25. /ARKA/. A state program on raising the number
of hunting grounds is to be implemented in Armenia, Chairman of
the National Union of Armenian Hunters NGO Grigor Grigoryan told
journalists.

About 1,000 hectares of forests are to be turned to hunting grounds
under the state program, he said. The National Union of Hunters
initiated development of the program. Currently the National Union
of Armenian Hunters has 10 hectares of hunting grounds.

According to Grigoryan, the program is to ensure pro[per hunting
conditions as the number of hunting grounds is reduced from year to
year due to privatization of plots.

The hunting season opened on August 23 will last until March 15
2009. All the preparations are made for the season – hunters received
the maximum quantity of arms and had the opportunity to exercise at
the hunter shooting ground in Yerevan before the opening of the season,
Grigoryan said.

Сurrently there are 25,000 hunters registered in Armenia who are
mainly members of two organizations – Armenian Hunter Union and
National Union of Armenian Hunters.

Under Armenian laws, any full-age citizen of the country who has a
gun permit from the Police can become a hunter.

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