Father and son were reportedly hunting boat near Salerno, in an area where hunting wild boar is banned.
, less than 20 percent of Italians said they viewed hunting as an acceptable past time. That same year, 35 people were killed and 74 injured during the country's four-month hunting season. All but one of the deaths were hunters killed accidentally by their shooting companions, though one was a mushroom collector shot dead near Arezzo in Tuscany. Others who were wounded were most often bicyclists or people taking a walk in the woods.
But according to Italian law, hunters have the right to hunt on private property and to fire anywhere not within 160 feet of a road or 320 feet of a house.killed by a stray bulletMarc Sutton, 34, had been riding on a popular mountain path in Montriond, close to the Swiss border. His shooter, a 22-year-old old hunter, was taken to hospital in severe shock. Sutton was one of more than 20 people who have died in hunting accidents in France since 2015.
Critics call for a ban on hunting, while others argue hunting is a cultural tradition and say better safety measures, like limiting hunting to certain days, could help alleviate the problem.
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