The battle around the bear changes terrain. After the demonstrations by the supporters of the plantigrade, then by the opponents, the next round could be judicial. After the death of a young bear in Ustou, Ariège, at the beginning of June, an investigation was opened to try to find the author of the fatal shooting.
To support this action and advance the investigation, the Sea Sheperd association launched a reward, the amount of which has now reached 50,000 euros.
Bear killed by bullets: Sea Shepherd files a complaint against the president of the Ariège Departmental Council for defamation and defamation of witnesses.
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A process that had greatly displeased in the Ariège valleys, up to the corridors of the departmental hotel, whose president, Christine Téqui, had stepped up to the plate. Beyond the fact that she considers that the bear does not really have its place within the massif, in a press release she asked that "the mountain remains silent".
Subornation of witnesses
A call to the law of silence that has drawn criticism. "An injunction worthy of a mafia sponsor," said Sea Sheperd, who decided to file a complaint against the elected socialist. Pro-bear activists see it as "pressure on its citizens, which constitutes the crime of witness bribery, punished by article 434-15 of the Criminal Code with a sentence of three years imprisonment and 45,000 euros fine ”.
At the same time, she is also the subject of a defamation complaint for having qualified Sea Shepherd as a “money pump”. As well as the Association for the safeguarding of the heritage of Ariège-Pyrénées, an association of opponents of the bear, which had accused Sea Shepherd of having launched a "manhunt with bonus to denial" with "Procedures worthy of war 39-45".
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