No more persecuting animals during lockdown!

The day after the second lockdown began the Ministry of Ecology authorised many prefectures to grant the wish of organised groups of hunters to continue their massacres in forests, whilst those same forests are out of bounds to those who wish to exercise in the fresh air and amongst nature, to families and even to individuals picking mushrooms. Apparently the health regulations don't bother them. Nor does the fate of their neighbours and friends.

But the "regulated hunting" mentioned, in contrast to "leisure hunting", has no meaning in French law: only the latter exists. It is only thanks to the ceaseless work of animal activists and to public support that it can be stopped.

In fact the decrees we are challenging are problematic because as usual the arguments put forward by the hunters and reiterated by the prefectures, in particular the "damage" said to be caused by animals, are fallacious and totally questionable.

We are applying for the decrees to be set aside and for hunting to be suspended in the following departments. The hearing dates will be added as soon as we hear from the various administrative courts (AC).

8 – In Ardennes, hearing at 14.00 on 01/12/20 at the Châlons-en-Champagne AC

16 – In Charente, hearing at 15.30 on 9/12/20 at the Poitiers AC

24 – In Dordogne

32 – In Gers, hearing at 15.00 on 9/12/20 at the Pau AC

34 – In Hérault

37 – In Indre-et-Loire

41 – In Loir-et-Cher, hearing at 10.00 on 4/12/20 at the Orléans AC

44 – In Loire-Atlantique, hearing at 14.00 on 26/11/20 at the Nantes AC

49 – In Maine-et-Loire, hearing at 14.00 on 26/11/20 at the Nantes AC

53 – In Mayenne, hearing at 14.00 on 26/11/20 at the Nantes AC

54 – In Meurthe-et-Moselle

57 – In Moselle

62 – In Pas-de-Calais, hearing at 14.00 on 27/11/20 at the Lille AC

64 – In Pyrénées-Atlantiques

66 – In Pyrénées-Orientales

68 – In Haut-Rhin, hearing at 11.00 on 25/11/2020 at the Strasbourg AC

70 – In Haute-Saône

80 – In Somme, hearing at 15.30 on 3/12/2020 at the Amiens AC

81 – In Tarn

87 – In Haute-Vienne, hearing at 14.30 on 25/11/20 at the Limoges AC

88 – In Vosges

90 – In Belfort, hearing at 10.00 on 27/11/2020 at the Besançon AC

Translated from the French by Patricia Fairey