Number of hunting grounds go up in Armenia under state program
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. –0—
