Hunting, a deadly problem: On October 13th, all to Paris!

Hunting is back on the centre stage of the news and with it, its deleterious activities. Our President of the Republic began to praise hunting with hounds, to feed the hunting world with new species and to halve the price of licenses. Intoxicated by the gold of the Palace of Versailles or as a political tactic, Emmanuel Macron announced the return of the presidential hunts, a pledge given to the voters with a hunting satchel and their lobby.

The cause for the 45 million wild animals killed and persecuted, not registered on the electoral lists, is the last of his worries. This is what Nicolas Hulot, his resigning minister of ecology, denounced.

Wildlife, a living heritage to preserve.

On October 13^thin Paris, with us, all the defenders of nature will demand the respect of wildlife, and that for the preservation of protected species, as well as our right to live or walk in nature without being at the mercy of one of these predators’ blunder. Walkers, their children, their dogs or cats, can no longer enjoy a field trip without the risk of falling victim to a trap or a cartridge. These "accidents" are also the concern of the hunters themselves...

"The notion of « zero accidents » does not exist in any sport," they tell us. Hogwash! A "sport" like any other, with a rifle in hand? To confuse a mare with a wild boar or flamingos with hens or ducks, is it an accident or the evidence of filthy selfishness? So start with leaving boars, hens and other ducks alone!

The nature of the hunt is death. It is neither a way of living nor a hobby.

Nowadays, a hunter does not kill anymore, he "takes". He no longer harvests, he "manages wildlife". Let's stop this nonsense, these pretexts aiming at defending bloody traditions. These hunters’ massacre, trap, mutilate and gun down all living animals that come within their reach. These hunters must understand that we will fight them. We are not fooled by their long-windedness or that they are self-proclaimed ecologists!

Hunting, in all its forms, is destructive. In France, hunting exterminates each year 45 million animal lives, wild or farmed, not counting the "collateral “victims, such as a10-year-old girl, walking with her parents, seriously wounded in Limoges by a hunter who was aiming at a pheasant, this Sunday, September 16^th2018.

France, hunting champion too.

France has the largest number of hunters in Europe, 1.2 million registered. The hunting season is also the longest with the greatest number of species "approved for slaughter": 90 including mammals, 64 for birds of which more than 20 are protected species. The other countries of our continent are limited to 16! When the vast majority of European countries set up days without hunting, often on Sundays, on our territory, the massacre is open 7 days out of 7.

There is no end to the principle of shooting any odd how ... The cruel methods of bird hunting are perpetuated while our neighbours restrict or prohibit them. As for hunting with hounds, it is widely denounced, and yet these pretentious huntsmen track the animals already terrified and exhausted by these long pursuits and terminate them day or night, including during periods of reproduction.

On October 13th, our voices must resound loud and clear for the respect of animal life.

We refuse to allow such attention and power to be granted to these 2% of the population with combat trousers and cartridge belts. All surveys, all polls confirm that the vast majority of the population aspires to restrict the rights of hunters and preserve endangered species. 91% of the French (FIFG survey of September 2016) want a complete and in-depth reform of the organization and regulation of hunting. Let's not let these trashy nimrods claim to be Nature’s managers with gunshots. Respect for nature will never rhyme with destruction, degradation and animal suffering. Let's start by demanding the creation of wild animal status.

For a radical reform of Hunting!

Let's eradicate the deadly problem of hunting and its masquerades, its guns, its traps, its archaic traditions, its pretentious devices!

So that everyone can meet our territories’ fauna and flora, let’s demand two days a week without hunting or trapping including Sunday, and all school holidays. On behalf of the deceased wildlife, we demand the protection of species in poor condition or reproduction and true independence of policing hunting. We must end hunting in protected areas (national parks, nature reserves and in the wild). We call for the end of killing traps like so-called "traditional" hunts (glue, lakes, slopes, tendelles ...) and the abolition of underground hunting as with hunting hounds for all species.

Please sign our petition for the respect of animals and humans in love with nature! Make the event known by registering and sharing it! Visit our dedicated site "Hunting: a deadly problem"!