Several traditional bird hunting techniques, used in the Ardennes and southwestern France, were deemed "illegal" by the Council of State on Friday, after the ban on slime hunting in June. "The ministerial authorizations in question (...) are not duly motivated", estimated the Council of State.
The State Council on Friday ruled "illegal" several traditional bird hunting techniques, techniques used in the Ardennes and southwestern France, after the ban on slime hunting in June.
Seized by the associations the League for the protection of birds (LPO) and One Voice, "the Council of State today cancels several authorizations to hunt crested lapwing, golden plovers, skylarks, thrushes and blackbirds in the using nets (pantes, tenderies) or cages (matoles) "because these authorizations" do not comply with the requirements of European law relating to the protection of birds ", according to a press release.
"The ministerial authorizations in question are not duly motivated"
The European "birds" directive of 2009 prohibits mass capture techniques for birds without distinction of species.
A derogation is possible "on condition of being duly motivated and when 'there is no other satisfactory solution' to capture certain birds", recalls the Council of State.
"The ministerial authorizations in question (...) are not duly motivated" and the ministry has not shown that these traditional hunting methods "are the only ones allowing the capture of crested lapwing, golden plovers, larks. fields, thrushes and blackbirds ".
"The sole reason for preserving these so-called 'traditional' hunting methods is not sufficient to authorize them," continues the Council of State.