The decree of July 10th 2018 by which the Prefect of the Moselle regulated the organization of hunts particular foxes by the specialist hunters of the Louvre has been cancelled. In way of compensation, the State will pay 1500 euros to the association One Voice.
Muriel Arnal, Founding President of One Voice, says:
The court took the defence of the red foxes, who were wrongly accused
For an order that was relaxed to authorize these continued hunting periods, it is therefore necessary not only for the State to provide proof of the "absolute necessity" of these additional hunts, but also to prove the "significant damage" caused by foxes, which it does not need to do, but eventually did not succeed.
For the court,
Victory after victory against the hunt, One Voice hits the mark
This is the second time in a row that a Prefectural order in process is cancelled following a request from the One Voice Association to defend the foxes, wrongly accused of all ills. Previously, only expired bylaws were found to be illegal, making the victory bitter because the foxes had already been slaughtered.
Damage? But what damage?
To keep red foxes on the list of species classified as likely to cause damage (pests), it is still necessary to estimate their number. One Voice has therefore made the request to all the French departments of the list of damages caused specifically by these small canids.
We must believe that this request from our association worries more than one: the FDSEA Loir-et-Cher has reminded all its members, including through the press, the importance of these statements by the operators. Because without damage, it would call into question the necessity of the wanton destruction of foxes ...
And for good reason, they are falsely accused of all evils and suffer from a bad reputation, the opposite of all reality! Or how to take a problem backwards, that is to say to seek justification for the maintenance of a morbid "past time".
