A familiar robin.
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A conviction which constitutes "a first in France", according to the League for the protection of birds.
This Monday, a 76-year-old retired farmer was sentenced in Toulon to nine months in prison, in particular for "destruction of a protected species", to which was added a three-month suspension to which this repeat offender had been sentenced in 2014, told AFP Me Mathieu Victoria, counsel to the LPO, civil party in this case, confirming information from
Var-Matin.
"He was caught with 75 robins", according to Mathieu Victoria.
The hunter without a license was also sentenced to a 5,000 euros fine and nearly 20,000 euros in damages to be paid to the civil parties, including the LPO.
Glue hunting
In addition to robins, "which are traditionally served on skewers in the Var", according to Mathieu Victoria, and which the defendant caught using traps, the poacher also practiced glue hunting for another protected species, the alder siskin.
"We wanted to make an example, we hit hard", said Me Elodie Gozzo, who regretted "a contempt for traditions", arguing that his client, an elderly person, had "not the same references in terms environment than a 30-year-old ”.
The president of the LPO Yves Verilhac, joined by AFP, estimated that this prison sentence constitutes "a first in France for protected birds".
According to him, “France is one of the worst countries in Europe for bird poaching, along with Italy and Spain”.
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