Deer slaughtered in Morbihan: One Voice mobilises for the hearing on 19 December
The hearing has been postponed until 13 February 9am at Lorient police court.
On 19 November 2023, in Langonnet, several hunters engaged in a veritable bloodbath, slaughtering does and stags. Once again, they considered that their so-called right to kill should be unlimited. While millions of animals are slaughtered every year, for these men it is never enough: they knowingly violated the rules and covered up their offences to give free rein to their desire to kill. In response to these events, One Voice is bringing a civil action and will be present at the hearing on 19 December 2025 at 9am at the police court in Lorient.
Quotas manipulated to kill even more
Hunters are redoubling their efforts to kill even more. The proof was given in Langonnet where some of them deliberately broke the few rules that are supposed to regulate hunting. On 19 November 2023, they cold-bloodedly shot nine red deer stags and six does in a single day. This was despite the fact that only six animals were authorised to be shot for the rest of the 2023-2024 season – which is already far too many.
To cover up these illegal shootings, two does were declared as males, a tag was taken from a neighbouring territory, and hunting documents were falsified. Everything was orchestrated to conceal the reality and circumvent the rules, even though tens of thousands of deer are already killed by hunters each year.
These offences are all the more worrying given that, under pressure from the forestry industry – which tends to reduce nature to a mere “resource” –a recent report proposes to classify these animals as a species likely to cause damage (ESOD). This is an absurd logic that claims to protect forests, or rather the timber industry, while sacrificing those who are their emblematic inhabitants.
Hunting safety concerns, yet another case
As if the illegal killing of deer (and the accompanying fraud) were not enough, the most basic safety rules were ignored. There were no signs indicating that a hunt was taking place. From agricultural land accessible to the public, the hunters fired towards the bottom of a valley where a departmental road runs, without concern for the danger involved. And they did so with ammunition that has a range of several kilometres…
This shows a staggering, but sadly commonplace, irresponsibility. Every year, hunting accidents are on the rise, affecting domestic animals, walkers and local residents. Despite our repeated requests to the Government for effective protective measures, these incidents once again illustrate the urgent need to put an end to this deadly pastime.
For the deer that were killed, the penalties must be exemplary
Manipulating official data to kill more animals makes controls particularly difficult. The hunters face fines, up to five years’ withdrawal of their hunting licence, and safety training for those organising the hunt. For all these animals killed in the shadows, we are fighting for sentences that are commensurate with the illegalities observed.
We will be present at the hearing on 19 December 2025 at 9am at the police court in Lorient. Show your support by denouncing this deadly and cruel practice.
The hearing has been postponed until 13 February 9am at Lorient police court.