The administrative court of Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) validated, Tuesday June 14, a decree of the prefecture of Maine-et-Loire authorizing the destruction of 635 jackdaws accused of ravaging the cereal harvests of the region of Segré, in the northwest of the department.
The operation will take place by June 30, by shooting or trapping, in 26 listed municipalities.
This bird has been protected since 2009. But the damage was deemed significant enough to derogate from the law.
“There is no other way to save our crops”
“It is a decision contrary to the meaning of history, a lamentable example, is indignant Crow Life, center for research and protection of corvids, which had seized the court.
This elimination will take place during the nesting period and will cause many collateral victims among the young.
“Crow Life is all the more revolted that the magistrates of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), them, suspended, the same day, similar decrees taken in the Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère and Morbihan.
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On the farmers' side, we welcome each other.
"The damage represents thousands of euros and there is no compensation," said Sylvain Piet, spokesperson for the Departmental Federation of Farmers' Unions.
The jackdaw population has been steadily increasing since being protected.
You have to regulate.
There is no other way to save our crops.
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But we want more.
“After the Segréen, assures Sylvain Piet, it is the Mauges and the Beaugeois who are threatened.
The number of 635 is insufficient!
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