Hunting

Stalking: a moment of stress for animals

British scientists have examined samples of deer blood shot with rifles to compare with those killed during a hunt. The results show a high concentration of cortisol and damage to the white blood cells. In other words, the animals experienced significant physiological and psychological stress during the flight. Following these results, the United Kingdom decided to ban this practice to avoid the suffering of animals.

Deer hunting: death of an animal by drowning

Deer hunting is particularly expected because the catch of this animal is rare. Once spotted, the latter is chased by a horde of dogs, contained by the followers present in different means of transport. The deer is pointed towards a waterhole where a boat with a hunter is waiting for him. 9 times out of 10, the deer dies from drowning.

The killing is violent and causes a long suffering. Our investigators witnessed unspeakable cruelty. A deer is caught by the tail and then receives a fatal blow. Nevertheless the gesture was not powerful enough to put an end to the suffering of the animal. The hunter must then plunge the animal's head back into the water: the deer then struggles for some time before dying.

French people opposed to hunting - Survey conducted by the IPSOS Institute

79%

of French people are opposed to the practice of hunting with hounds

65%

of French people consider the hunt to be cruel

Driven, trapped, caught: an unbearable suffering

Conventional hunting is practiced by rifle, bow and with traps. Legislation also justifies the capture and killing of certain animals by introducing the concept of pests. For all, being hunted is synonymous with terror and suffering. And let's not forget the silent ordeal of fish. Torn from the water, the carp finds a hook planted in its mouth, they suffocate for minutes before dying.

Dogs, horses and humans are also victims of hunting

The enormous cost to forest animals from the human hobby of hunting is bad enough but the dogs and the horses used during these hunts have hardly a better fate either. Dogs, for example, are considered interchangeable tools, used until exhaustion where the law of the strongest reigns. A hunter confided to our investigators: "To have dogs on the same footing, that they have good instinct, the same acuteness of nose and courage, to find 10 dogs like that, it is necessary to eliminate 40." Humans can also fall victim to hunter’s stray bullets.

One Voice survey in the hunt

For 3 years, our investigators have infiltrated the hunting industry. Considered cruel in most European countries, this practice has already been banned, but this is not the case in France.

In France, the tradition is preserved with the idea that hunting with hounds or the more conventional practice makes it possible to preserve the balance of the wildlife. For each hunt, bracelets are given to the teams and correspond to the number of authorized captures. It happens that all are used before the end of the season but that does not prevent them from perusing arrangements to allow them to hunt on and therefore the massacres to continue.

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