In the wake of Nicolas Hulot's resignation from the Ministry of the Ecologically and Solidarity Transition, One Voice launched a call for the impetus against hunting and its lobby, for the safeguarding of our wildlife.
The petition launched the same day by the association has more than 132,000 signatures in one month and is supported by forty associations for the defence of animals and nature.
The results of the IPSOS poll for One Voice confirm that the public massively rejects hunting and support the radical reform advocated by One Voice and its partners, who will gather at 2.00 pm on Saturday October 13th for a unified march in the Place de la Republique in Paris.
Among the elements to remember, only 19% of French people are in favour of hunting, they find this practice dangerous (84%), cruel for animals and certainly part of the French heritage, but from another age !
The feeling of insecurity for humans and for their pets
A notable change from previous polls, the French are afraid of being shot in the countryside, they fear for their pets, their family and for themselves. Since hunting resumed, a pink flamingo which is a protected species has been found riddled with bullets. A mass grave of wild ducks was found in a wood, a girl was seriously injured, a family had been targeted. It is therefore no surprise that 82% of people are calling for a ban on hunting and trapping not only on Sundays, but on a second day in the week and also on all school holidays.
Another demand supported by the French to reduce the insecurity due to hunting, 93% are in favour of a mandatory annual medical visit for holders of hunting permits with an eye test. Three-quarters of the population finds that lowering the price of a hunting license is a bad idea !
Cruelty to wild animals
They reject hunting in all its forms. The number of French people opposed to hunting is increasing (79% in 2010, 82% in 2018). 73% of people had no idea about underground hunting, which consists of hunting a sleeping animal with dogs down into its burrow and also hunting their young. 83% of people are for this ban.
Trapping of birds with glue, nets, and other cruel and archaic methods (which does not distinguish between species) is also rejected by over 84% of the population. The new minister has just signed 11 ministerial orders authorizing the type of cruel trapping of birds.
French people (65%) are mostly in favour of the ban on the releasing of farm reared game into the wild, which is in total contradiction with the image of the active hunter.
