Shunevich Was Afraid Of People With Guns

There are changes coming for gamekeepers.

The Belarusian Hunters and Fishermen Society (BOOR) held a congress in Minsk, where the head of the organization Igor Shunevich announced that a change in hunting rules was coming. The reasons were complaints, losses and "circles" of huntsmen.

According to Shunevich, today the work of the whole BOOR does not give the expected result. He sees the reason for this at the lower level - in the primary organizations and hunting farms.

The ex-head of the Interior Ministry said that in fact today the BOOR is led not by him, not by the regional boards and not even by the chairmen of district organizational structures, but by "average huntsman".

The gamekeeper decides: when there will be hunting, what will be for shooting, who will go, how much to pay, where the money will go, who will be on what number, whether the law will be observed at all.

"This is not emotion - this is a statement of fact," Shunevich told the congress participants. - And I will do my best, all my experience and knowledge to eliminate this flaw completely and irrevocably."

Shunevich warned the audience against "drastic actions," explaining that this hunting year is being finalized under the old rules. People should quietly close vouchers, report, hand over weapons for storage. But from January 1 next year, everything will change dramatically.

The main change that affects everyone - the gamekeeper ceases to be the organizer of hunting. The gamekeeper becomes solely an executor - a producer of hunting.

Specifically, this means the following:

The gamekeeper will no longer have a personal client base.

The gamekeeper has no right to independently invite hunters, arrange meetings, accept money.

The gamekeeper does not decide where and when the hunt will be held.

The gamekeeper receives from his direct supervisor (chief gamekeeper, game warden or chairman of the district structure) a clear production task, documents, vouchers and fuel on coupons or cards - and fulfills it.

All communication with hunters on the organization of collective hunts, collecting money, issuing vouchers - completely falls on district and inter-district structures, on game wardens and chairmen.

A document is coming

"This is not a wish - it will be formalized by a single normative document, mandatory for execution on the entire hunting territory leased by the BOOR, non-compliance with which will be considered as a gross violation of labor discipline," Shunevich said.

He added that the changes are introduced because "today's system generates irresponsibility at all levels, leads to material losses, leads to numerous complaints from hunters, image costs and losses" and there are dozens of such examples.

Since the new hunting season this scheme will no longer exist.

"The manager organizes and is responsible for everything that happens in his farm - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. On weekends, on holidays, at night - it doesn't matter," Shunevich emphasized.

According to him, it's no secret that most huntsmen have their own "hobby groups", which include hunters they know for a long time. And collective hunts are held mainly for this limited circle of people. For this kind of "service" the huntsman often gets good "bonuses".

"This is the root of all our current troubles: money goes past the cash register, violations are covered up, responsibility is smeared," said Shunevich.

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