The prefecture of Oise has not finished with animal rights associations.
A decree of July 23 authorizing the harvest of 1,700 foxes had been canceled for lack of public consultation.
Pleading "an error", the authorities had repeated in August, this time launching a consultation for 3000 animals to be slaughtered, attracting the wrath of AVES (Act for the living and the wild species) France and… Brigitte Bardot.
In total, the prefecture collected 4,800 opinions from hunters of their opponents before finally producing a new decree, on September 13, recommending that 1,700 foxes be killed, by beatings and by night shooting, in 462 municipalities of the Oise, by fifteen approved louveterie lieutenants.
An incomprehensible decision for AVES FRANCE, which decided to attack the administrative court of Amiens (Somme).
The hearing is scheduled to take place on Monday.
“There was a public consultation and the prefecture did not communicate any results: no synthesis of opinions, no reason justifying its decision, summarizes Christophe Coret, president of AVES France.
We do not know how the opinions were taken into account, we want to obtain a suspension of this decree.
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For its part, the prefecture highlights the damage committed by foxes in 2020 and 2021, on farms (poultry) and small game (partridge, etc.), and specifies that the fixed quota "is equivalent to the number of foxes taken. in previous seasons, which guaranteed the stability of the population.
"She adds that checks will be carried out this year" in order to better supervise and control the withdrawals ".
The Federation of Hunters of the Oise recalls that no trapping could be carried out during confinement.
“The population has increased,” confirms Marc Morgand, its director.
These associations show us as bloodthirsty soldiers under the orders of the prefecture, but we know what we are doing.
We are there to ensure that there is no imbalance between prey-predators and, when necessary, we are reducing the quotas.
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