A louveterie lieutenant, a hunter approved in the prefecture and assigned to regulate so-called harmful species, was seriously injured in the leg by a load of wild boar this Sunday, relates
La Provence
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The septuagenarian was participating in a beat in the Gorges du Verdon (Alpes-de-Hautes-Provence), when the incident occurred.
A louveterie lieutenant was quickly taken care of by firefighters including a doctor before being helicoptered to Digne-les-Bains hospital, specifies the regional daily.
This is the second accident of this type reported in Paca, after a walker was in mid-October in the Vaucluse also skewered by a wild boar.
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