Many people do not like our fight against poaching, supervisors are threatened and we require systemic support in order to deal with business worth hundreds of thousands of euros, said Vladimir Martinović, director of the Public Enterprise for National Parks of Montenegro (JPNPCG).
He said that the supervisors of the Protection Service of the National Park (NP) Skadar Lake were attacked by persons they found in illegal activities, i.e. poaching, while performing their duties.
"Brave supervisors unarmed entered into a showdown with armed poachers. We are asking for adequate support from the police and the prosecutor's office. We will continue to fight poaching with the same intensity, and this and similar attempts will certainly not shake us in the strong fight to protect the most valuable areas of Montenegro," he said. Martinovic.
He said that if someone still does not understand why salaries in JPNPCG were increased for the second time in June, and why the income is spent on salaries, let them watch the video and estimate how much a man who risks his life to protect should be paid. national resources and natural resources that are targeted by unscrupulous individuals.
"I also note that JPNPCG still does not have enough funds for this kind of struggle, because in addition to paying these people, they need to be provided with funds for work, better equipment, vessels, means of coercion, and that costs everything. This is what we are working on in addition to everyday struggles with inherited problems and lawsuits from an earlier period. That is why we need the support of institutions at all levels and the help of the state in order to work unhindered to preserve the most valuable areas of Montenegro and eradicate all illegal activities in national parks," said Martinović.
The head of the Skadar Lake National Park Protection Service Vuk Saičić and his colleague Marko Gluščević were attacked the night before last.
Yesterday afternoon, on suspicion of having attacked and slightly injured Saičić and Gluščević two nights ago, the police officers arrested Vojin Prenkić (31) and Dušan Klikovac (42).
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The prosecutor qualified their actions as an attack on an official in the performance of official duties and illegal hunting.
At the same time, he assessed that there were no elements of a criminal offense in the actions of the monk of the Kom monastery, who, according to Saičić, insulted the supervisors, threatened them, and then stole the phone he used to record him and threw it into the lake.
The Kom monastery denied those claims, stressing that the monk had no physical contact with anyone, nor did he insult anyone, "but his presence contributed to the end of this incident"...
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