A wolf was killed on the night of August 24 to 25 in the Grand Arc massif in Savoie.
The animal, a two-year-old male, was killed during a shooting authorized by the prefecture, indicates
Le Dauphiné Libéré
.
A measure denounced by Férus, an association committed to the protection and conservation of bears, wolves and lynx.
This is the "third shooting in a family of wolves (...) condemning to certain death and in cruel conditions the cubs still unable to feed themselves", indicates the organization in an open letter addressed to the prefect.
Two other wolves killed in early August
In early August, the association had indeed denounced the slaughter of a wolf and a breeding male from the same pack.
“The French State, with its shooting authorizations, therefore decided to go after the rest of a pack which no longer represented a danger for the herd if indeed the herd was well guarded by guard dogs”, advances Ferus in his letter.
The association thus calls for "the cancellation of lethal shots during periods of reproduction and rearing of the wolf cubs and the return to the use of means of scaring".
For its part, the prefecture of Savoie had indicated to the
Dauphiné Libéré,
on August 18, that “prefectural decrees authorize defensive firing” to “relieve the predation pressure observed on domestic herds”.
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