The driven hunt season is drawing to a close, ending on December 31st. However, the fur game hunting season continues and will only end on January 31st.

The driven hunt season is drawing to a close, ending on December 31st. However, the fur game hunting season continues and will only end on January 31st. In this regard, the Lepel Inter-district Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora once again reminds that, according to Part 4 of Article 16.27 of the Code of Administrative Offences: Carrying cartridges loaded with bullets or buckshot in hunting grounds during hunting for unregulated species of game animals, when carrying such cartridges is prohibited, except for cases where the weapon is loaded with such cartridges. This is punishable by a fine of three to fifteen base units. In the same case, if the inspectorate staff discover prohibited cartridges in the barrels of smooth-bore hunting weapons on a hunter, liability will arise under Part 1 of the aforementioned article of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus. This entails a fine of ten to thirty base units with confiscation of shotguns, other hunting implements, and other items that served as the instrument or means of committing the said violation, or without confiscation and with deprivation of the right to engage in certain activities; for an individual entrepreneur – from fifty to two hundred base units with confiscation of shotguns, other hunting implements, and other items that served as the instrument or means of committing the said violation, or without confiscation; and for a legal entity – from three hundred to one thousand base units with confiscation of shotguns, other hunting implements, and other items that served as the instrument or means of committing the said violation, or without confiscation.