Hunting may be authorized during confinement, but under certain conditions (illustration).

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Hunters will be able to benefit from exemptions from confinement to avoid the "proliferation" of wild boar or deer.

"During this period of confinement, we must avoid an increase in the damage done to crops, forests and property by a proliferation of populations of large game such as wild boar or deer", declared this Sunday the secretary of State Bérangère Abba in a press release.

"It is only for this purpose and at the request of the administrative authority that hunting actions can take place in the coming weeks", she added.

No hunting

After the publication of the confinement rules, discussions had been initiated between the authorities and the National Federation of Hunters (FNC), which highlights its public service mission linked to this regulation of large game.

These actions will be decided at the local level by the prefects in conjunction with local actors to "define in each department the targets for the withdrawal", specified the Secretary of State.

These samples can only be taken by hunts and target shooting, not by the hunting organization.

Six or seven species involved

“I do not want us to say that hunters will deviate from anything and continue to hunt, that is not what we asked.

But if we don't go, what are we going to do?

FNC President Willy Schraen said Sunday.

According to him, between a third and a quarter of large game samples are taken in France in November.

“Normally, just for wild boars, we have to kill 500,000 before the end of the year.

Can you imagine if we don't go hunting!

That's 500,000 more wild boars on the territory, perhaps as many deer ", likely to cause damage in the fields in the spring, he insisted.

According to the boss of hunters, discussions with the prefects could concern "six or seven species likely to pose problems": wild boar and roe deer, but also other deer, as well as rabbits, hares, pheasants or pigeons in some departments.

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