Scandal in Kojuri: the forests around the resort in July were controlled. The founder of the premium July resort and health resort in Kojuri, doctor and entrepreneur Tamaz Mchedlidze, accused officials of inaction in response to the actions of poachers who regularly shoot near the hotel. According to him, due to the poachers' cannon, foreign tourists panic, cancel the reservations and leave the resort early, while agencies turn a blind eye to the violations. "Perhaps some people here take it for granted: "It's hunting season, so what's the big deal? " "But the foreign guest is shocked. He came to take care of his health and relax, but found himself in a situation where he is risking his life. Could incompetence and inaction bring down years of work and the dream of what our country can become? I put my whole soul into July because I believe in my country. But today I ask myself: did I start all this too early in Georgia?... I also have to report good news: apparently, on the slopes of Matzminda, right up to Odjo, there are so many birds that the sound of gunfire does not stop all day from morning to evening," wrote Mkdalidze on his Facebook page. The day after the high-profile post, the Georgia Department of Agriculture's Department of Environmental Control issued an official statement. The department assured that immediately after the publication of the post on social networks, the area near Biuli was taken under "strict control". Rapid response and environmental patrol teams have been dispatched to the Kojuri and Matzaminda areas. The department added that during the last two months since the beginning of the hunting season for migratory birds, 10 cases of illegal hunting have been detected in the administrative borders of Tbilisi alone. The social networks remembered that recently the Carto Foundation of the billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili, held a public event for the rehabilitation of the Colchis pheasant population. Rare birds have been released into the wild in Matzminda forests, just towards Kojuri.

Scandal in Kojuri: the forests around the resort in July were controlled. The founder of the premium July resort and health resort in Kojuri, doctor and entrepreneur Tamaz Mchedlidze, accused officials of inaction in response to the actions of poachers who regularly shoot near the hotel. According to him, due to the poachers' cannon, foreign tourists panic, cancel the reservations and leave the resort early, while agencies turn a blind eye to the violations. "Perhaps some people here take it for granted: "It's hunting season, so what's the big deal? " "But the foreign guest is shocked. He came to take care of his health and relax, but found himself in a situation where he is risking his life. Could incompetence and inaction bring down years of work and the dream of what our country can become? I put my whole soul into July because I believe in my country. But today I ask myself: did I start all this too early in Georgia?... I also have to report good news: apparently, on the slopes of Matzminda, right up to Odjo, there are so many birds that the sound of gunfire does not stop all day from morning to evening," wrote Mkdalidze on his Facebook page. The day after the high-profile post, the Georgia Department of Agriculture's Department of Environmental Control issued an official statement. The department assured that immediately after the publication of the post on social networks, the area near Biuli was taken under "strict control". Rapid response and environmental patrol teams have been dispatched to the Kojuri and Matzaminda areas. The department added that during the last two months since the beginning of the hunting season for migratory birds, 10 cases of illegal hunting have been detected in the administrative borders of Tbilisi alone. The social networks remembered that recently the Carto Foundation of the billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili, held a public event for the rehabilitation of the Colchis pheasant population. Rare birds have been released into the wild in Matzminda forests, just towards Kojuri.