The stag cornered by the pack at Chantilly station.

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Ava Chantlly

  • Tuesday, a deer took refuge on the SNCF tracks at Chantilly station, in the Oise.

  • The animal was pursued by a hounding pack.

  • TER traffic was interrupted for more than two hours, causing serious delays.

Tuesday afternoon, TER traffic on the line between Paris and Creil was largely disrupted.

A mess of which a company of venery is at the origin for having pursued a deer until on the tracks of the station of Chantilly, in the Oise, during a hunt with hounds.

Shortly before 4 p.m., onlookers and travelers on the outskirts and inside Chantilly station experienced a hallucinating scene.

A large deer tumbled down, pursued by a hounding pack, to finally find refuge on the SNCF tracks.

Behind the animal and the dogs, followers and hunters did not hesitate to enter the station as well, crossing the tracks in their turn.

In the same movement, the activists of the association AVA (Abolissons la vénerie Today) filmed this surreal scene.

More than 2 hours of interruption of TER traffic

Without worrying about the safety rules, the hunters recovered their dogs which surrounded the deer.

The wild animal then lay down on the tracks, exhausted.

For its part, the SNCF stopped the circulation of trains in both directions from 4:45 pm Firefighters and police arrived on site to secure the premises while waiting for the arrival of a veterinarian responsible for putting the deer to sleep. to clear the tracks.

After receiving a numbing dart, the animal finally left the woods on its own, safe and sound.

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Here are pictures of the #hunthunt that ended in #Chantilly station last night, causing train cancellations and wreaking havoc in the city.


🇫🇷 @ Prefet60 @i_wojtowiez Enough!

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- AVA France (@AvaFranceOff) January 13, 2021

According to SNCF, the incident lasted 2 hours 45 minutes, causing "delays for 40 to 50 trains and the removal of 7 trains" on the "very busy" line between Paris and Creil.

A prejudice all the more important as the rush hour on this section "begins around 5 pm" assured the SNCF at

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The rail carrier will also file a complaint against X on Wednesday. An investigation will therefore have to determine whether the hunting company organizing the hunting with hounds is responsible for this mess.

The Brigitte Bardot Foundation and 30 million friends rebelled once again against this practice and reiterated their demand for the abolition of venery.

Since hunting with hounds was again authorized, after the second confinement, incidents have multiplied.

In mid-September, a deer had been chased into the city center of Compiègne.

On several occasions, national roads had been crossed by hounds, even causing an accident on January 5.

A few days earlier, two AVA Compiègne activists had been injured while trying to save a deer who had taken refuge in a pond, still in the forest of Compiègne.

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