Problems of political and legal support for sustainable development of the hunting industry in Russia

¹ Vyatka State University, Moskovskaya St., 36, 610000 Kirov, Russia
² Vyatka State Agricultural Academy, Oktyabrskiy Prospect, 133, 610017 Kirov, Russia

^* Corresponding author: ia_grebnev@vyatsu.ru

Abstract

Hunting industry is a sphere of material production, a specific ecological and social phenomenon characterized by a variety of its functions from providing the population with high-quality food products to service functions. Political and legal documents adopted at the national level, defining the goal, objectives, principles, and main directions of the development of hunting natural resources, play the leading role in the development of the industry. Current acts of strategic planning and regulations lack the key point - a conscious choice of the type of hunting activity that meets the needs of society and the state at the present stage of historical development. Conceptual and legal uncertainty determines the consolidation in legal acts of mutually exclusive tasks for the development of the industry, declaring the need to simultaneously stimulate entrepreneurial activity and ensure the availability of hunting for citizens. The lack of recognition of the diversity of natural, geographical and cultural features of the hunting use of wild animals’ resources, the lack of scenario-based forecasts and opportunities for adjusting goals are significant weak points of the current regulators. We believe that the development of strategic sectoral planning documents should take into account the right to hunt, securing the predominantly egalitarian nature of the hunting organization.