"It borders on a lie": the president of the LPO disappointed by the state's announcements on hunting

Louise Sallé 8:35 p.m., January 09, 2023

The government has finally announced its decisions to better secure the practice of hunting in France.

Measures eagerly awaited by hunters but also anti-hunting.

Secretary of State for Ecology Bérangère Couillard presented the key changes: the introduction of an alcohol offence, enhanced training for hunters and the introduction of an information application for the public. .

After several months of debate, these measures are not at all to the liking of the refractory to the practice of hunting.

"Not a word about biodiversity"

For Allain Bougrain-Dubourg, president of the League for the Protection of Birds, the state has only announced "measurements".

"The minister absolutely did not say whether she would give additional resources to the French Office for Biodiversity, which carries out control missions", first of all underlines the president.

"Then there is the miracle solution which would be an application to identify the dangers. I find that the approach borders on a lie", he argues.

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According to him, this application is only a smoke screen.

"Firstly because the application is not compulsory and then because it does not pass everywhere in France. Finally, because some absolutely do not want to be identified in their hunting exercise."

One of the big black spots of these announcements for Allain Bougrain-Dubourg is the lack of announcements concerning the first concerned by hunting, the animals.

"Not a word about biodiversity, about the living. We still release 20 million animals raised in questionable conditions, on farms to be released in front of the guns", denounces the associative activist.

"Each year, the executive has missed a tremendous opportunity for reform that gives birth to a plan à la Raboliot."