For Guinea, a young sow killed in the Indre region during a hunting party, we are lodging a complaint.
On Monday October 14, a two-year-old sow disappeared in a small village in the Indre region, during an ongoing hunting party. After an intense search, the sow’s family had to fight to finally find out that Guinea had died. Her body, stabbed with a knife, has since vanished into thin air… And everything is being done to keep the matter quiet. We denounce this unbearable omerta in favor of hunters who believe they can do whatever they like, and are lodging a complaint on Guinea’s behalf.
On her return from a walk, Guinea should have spent the evening peacefully by the side of the woman who has lovingly raised her since she was little. But last Monday, the young sow followed in the footsteps of a family friend who went for a run. The jogger, who didn’t realize she was being followed, came across a group of hunters gathered in a field. Later, as she retraced her steps, she noticed the mayor’s presence, without suspecting anything…
Code of silence and impunity in hunting areas
By the end of the day, Guinea was missing. Her family was extremely worried, especially as they were often subjected to insults and threats from hunters against their animals. Had they carried out their plan? While there was still hope, her family moved heaven and earth to find Guinea. Only the next day did they discover that the councilor had called the police to report the death of the sow, stabbed to death on her property the day before.
Why hadn’t Guinea’s family, devastated by the news, been notified directly, in this village of around a hundred inhabitants where everyone knew that the little sow lived with them? What happened to her remains? Where death struck her, only tire marks remained on the ground. Was her body taken away to cover up the facts? When her family asked the mayor for explanations, they were given no information, except for a photo of Guinea’s body… which they were forbidden to distribute. And when they filed a complaint at the police station, they were encouraged to give up. Above all, let the hunters slaughter in peace even our pets and keep quiet, always. And do nothing to see justice done.
Tens of millions of animals slaughtered every year
Every year, hunters decimate 45 million wild animals. And these animals are not the only ones to pay a heavy price: whether it’s dogs or cats caught in traps, like Tigrou who died just last September, Cooper, Snooky and Red Collar, or horses who have fallen victim to bullets, like Memphis, Olympe and Connemara, no one is safe. And we’re to believe that trigger-happy enthusiasts have nothing to do with it, and certainly don’t question their deadly “hobby”, so often supported by the prefectures? Move along, there’s nothing to see?
We refuse to turn a blind eye, and we won’t be quiet! On Guinea’s behalf, we are filing a complaint alongside her family and demanding answers. And on behalf of all the other victims of hunting, and because 89% of French people believe that this activity poses safety problems (Ipsos/One Voice poll, 2023), sign our petition for a radical reform of hunting!