Hunting season opens: One Voice is ready to fight back against attacks on animals
As millions of animals are about to die from bullets and traps again this year, the hunting world is launching an unprecedented assault on animals, with the unwavering support of the government. All species are being targeted—from endangered birds to badgers—and all means are being used, even the most cruel, with accidents increasing at an alarming rate. We will be there everywhere to denounce this deadly pastime. The first hearings of the season at the Council of State will be held on September 19 at 11 a.m. against the shooting of endangered birds, and on September 22 at 11 a.m. against the return of traditional hunting.
Unwavering state support for hunters
After a trying summer marked by fires and repeated heat waves, animals are preparing to face a new scourge. Starting Sunday, with the general opening of the hunting season, they will have to face the assaults of an influential minority willing to do anything to defend an unjustifiable and outdated pastime, marred last season by a worrying resurgence of accidents.
And trigger-happy enthusiasts will defend their hobby tooth and nail, using all their influence: never before has a government bowed so much to their demands. Within a few days, net hunting—already declared illegal—was reauthorized in the southwest for 100,000 larks, and the slaughter of endangered birds was “regulated” by absurd quotas that allow unlimited killing. Faced with this relentless pressure, it is time to launch a counteroffensive.
From the field to the courts, it’s time for a general mobilization!
In the coming months, we will continue to take action to save as many lives as possible, from badgers extracted from their burrows to be killed to mountain galliformes, targeted by the hundreds as their populations decline, to pets such as Aslan and Cooper. Year after year, these battles are bearing fruit: together with our partner associations, we have achieved a significant decline in underground hunting and the suspension of dozens of authorizations throughout France.
While our requests to ban a dozen traps and the capture of wood pigeons with nets are ongoing, we will step up our actions, both in the field and in the courts. We will be present at the Council of State on September 19 at 11 a.m. to oppose the hunting of endangered birds, and on September 22 at 11 a.m. to oppose the return of Eurasian skylark trapping with nets in the southwest. We need your support in this fight: sign our petitions for radical reform and against traps!