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The additional period for hunting badgers allows the authorized hunting season to be even longer and bloodier. It is therefore extremely satisfying to know that the tiny new-born badger cubs and their families will benefit from four months' respite and that many will thus be spared.
There is no valid reason for controlling badgers in this way in France any more than there is in the UK and elsewhere in Europe where hunting them is banned.
In addition our legal team pointed out a procedural irregularity and added that "no information is provided on the state of the populations of badgers in the department of Jura nor on the impact of the killings on these populations."
So why go after these sociable and peaceful animals? Why dig deep trenches in the woods to the detriment of nature? Our investigation involving infiltrating hunters who shoot badgers after using dogs to flush them out from their setts at the start of this additional period in the Hauts-de-France (the northernmost region of France) had been broadcast in May 2020 and shown just how cruel this type of hunting was.
The Prefect of Jura made it quite clear in his response: it was because we had applied to have his decree annulled that he withdrew it.
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Decree amending decree n° 2020-06-25-003 of 26 June 2020 relating to the start and end of the 2020-2021 hunting season in the department of Jura
Translated by Patricia Fairey
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Karine | Monday 16 November 2020
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