Among the measures planned, the establishment of a day or half a day without hunting, on which the Secretary of State for Ecology Bérangère Couillard indicated in October that there was “no taboo”, seems to no longer be on the agenda, according to several sources. who participated in the discussions.
“I can’t imagine for a second that we could have a proposal in the direction of a Sunday without hunting,” chief hunter Willy Schraen told AFP on Thursday.
A ban that would set fire to “rural life”
“It would not be consistent” with what emerged from the latest consultations and “would set fire and bloody the entire rural area.”
Although the final arbitrations have not yet been carried out, Bérangère Couillard revealed the general lines of this plan in mid-October. They will be clarified on Monday morning in the Loiret during a press conference after a meeting with agents of the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), which manages hunting issues.
Willy Schraen, a évoqué une reunion en decembre à laquelle ont participated l’ensemble des usagers de la nature – chasseurs mais aussi représentants des randonneurs ou des vététistes – au cours de laquelle “tout le monde a dit non” à l’interdiction de chasse on Sunday.
“If we start banning hunting on certain days, that would plant the seed for other bans, like a no-mountain-biking day, for example, everyone agreed on that,” he said.
Towards a ban on alcohol during hunting
Information confirmed by a government source.
“We should not suggest that banning hunting on Sundays is the only solution to solve the security issue, especially since nothing at a statistical level indicates that Sundays are a more rugged day than the others,” said this source.
On the other hand, the government should establish a blood alcohol offense for hunters, just as it is done for motorists, with a limit set at 0.5 grams per liter of blood. A measure in favor of hunters.
Source: BFM TV
