Wolves: justice moves forward, mobilization gets organized
As wolf shootings increase and hate speech gains ground, the courts are ruling in our favor: protecting wolves is a legal obligation. Faced with the government’s inaction, mobilization is growing. Next step: a national day of action on November 22.
Haute-Vienne region: a bounty for poaching? The courts say no
In the summer of 2024, the Coordination rurale 87 (CR 87) syndicate published a poster promising a €1,000 bounty for anyone who killed a wolf. This was a direct incitement to poach a protected species, which we immediately challenged in court.
When the poster remained on display, we took the matter to the urgent applications judge, who recognized that it constituted a manifestly unlawful disturbance: calling for the killing of wolves is indeed an incitement to commit a crime and harm a protected species. On January 8, 2025, the court ruled in our favor and required CR 87 to remove the posters from all its communication media.
On appeal, the syndicate attempted to defend itself, but on October 16, 2025, the Court upheld the core of our victory: incitement to poaching is illegal, period. This sends a clear message to all those who would flout the law and threaten wolves.
Nice: 13 anti-wolf decrees overturned, a slap in the face for the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture
On September 24, 2025, we appeared before the Nice Administrative Court to challenge 14 decrees authorizing the shooting of wolves. The verdict has just been handed down: 13 of the 14 decrees challenged have been overturned. This is a resounding victory for wolves and for the law.
The court punished blatant administrative laxity: failure to demonstrate a real risk of attacks, lack of technical justification, copies of decrees without field analysis, etc. The renewed reinforced defensive shootings that we had urgently suspended at the beginning of the year have been overturned due to the prefect’s failure to even submit a defense brief, evidence of a worrying disregard for legal obligations. In several cases, the court highlighted the lack of analysis of non-lethal alternatives, as required by law.
The court reiterated that lethal shooting must remain the exception and cannot be authorized lightly.
Milo, Mina, and all the others: national mobilization on November 22
Their names are Milo and Mina. They live in the Corrèze region and have had cubs. A discreet family with a rare genetic heritage, they are now threatened with death. Around them, some are already calling for hunts. Pressure is mounting throughout France.
At the same time, the government is preparing a policy of fast and forced culling: simplifying shooting procedures, weakening controls, disregarding scientific data. The objective is clear: shoot more, shoot faster, disregarding any strategy of coexistence.
In response to this offensive, we are launching a national action for wolves on Saturday, November 22. Across France, around fifteen local groups will organize rallies, symbolic actions, and happenings. The voices of defenders of the wild will be heard.
Because Milo, Mina, their cubs—and all the others—deserve better than fear and silence, sign our petition.