Venanson: when a deputy mayor poaches chamois with hunters. We are filing a complaint!
The deputy mayor of the village of Venanson was caught by the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) on October 12 and 13, 2024 poaching chamois with members of the local hunting society. Who says an elected representative has to respect the law? One Voice has filed a complaint following this scandal.
The town council of the village of Venanson in the Alpes-Maritimes region has a poacher in its ranks! Yes, a member of the executive who is supposed to represent the public service was caught red-handed on October 12 and 13.
On the one hand, he was caught chasing chamois in the company of seven other hunters, even though the prefectoral decree limits the maximum number of participants to four. On the other hand, this man, who is none other than the president of the local hunting society, and his accomplices took dogs, collateral victims of hunting abuses, into this illegal pursuit of peaceful ruminants, even though their presence has been forbidden by ministerial decree since 1986.
An obvious firm response from the Prefect: glad to hear it!
The Alpes-Maritimes prefect has decided to ban chamois hunting in the village for the 2024-2025 season. That’s the least he could do! For once, a representative of the State is showing a little common sense and recognizing the many failings of this deadly activity… In the decree, he points out that these repeated acts of poaching exerted “significant pressure on the species and a risk of endangering its good conservation status“.
One Voice has of course lodged a complaint with the Nice legal tribunal. Chamois must be able to live in peace, and no longer be the victims of poaching or false accusations by those who love dead nature.
We invite you to sign the Humanimo petition opposing the massacre of chamois in another region: the Doubs. For them, we have already written to the local prefecture along with other associative partners.