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Weekend hunting ban: hunters angry after Yannick Jadot's proposal

2021-10-30T15:32:37.035Z


Willy Schraen, president of the National Federation of Hunters, criticized a "political" position taken by the environmental candidate, and


The war between hunters and environmentalists continues.

"I will ban hunting on weekends and during school holidays, I want us to be able to walk in nature," said Yannick Jadot, candidate for Europe Ecology-The Greens for the presidential election, Friday.

"Since when should we submit to a diktat from the ecologists?"

», Reacted Willy Schraen, president of the National Federation of Hunters, on BFM TV this Saturday.

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I will ban hunting on weekends and during school holidays.

https://t.co/iKUOq7DbVh pic.twitter.com/uXwTQjIRXS

- Yannick Jadot (@yjadot) October 29, 2021

Asked Friday on BFM TV, Yannick Jadot had triggered the anger of hunters by saying he wanted to ban hunting on weekends and holidays.

In question, too many hunting accidents, according to him.

"Three quarters of people who live in rural areas do not dare to go for a walk on Sundays when there is gunfire, it is not normal", he protested, citing the example, the watch, of a "walker in Haute-Savoie, who was shot next to a cemetery".

For Yannick Jadot, "rurality is the pleasure of the landscapes, to be able to hike, cycle, walk with your dog without being afraid that he will be shot (that one shoots him, Editor's note) at the end of the path ".

And "that people stop telling us that it is the rural people who hunt", "70% of hunters come from the cities!

“, He also assured.

A “political” position during an election period?

A position considered "political, with the approach of the presidential election" by Willy Schraen, of the National Federation of Hunters.

"Hunters are not subhumans, they are normal people who work during the week, prohibiting hunting on weekends, that means that we no longer hunt," he reacted.

"The forest that Mr. Jadot talks about, where he likes to walk, is 85% private in France," he explained.

“In the 15% of public forest, there are already agreements - often we don't hunt on weekends, that's normal, it's the state.

But where it's private, since when should we submit to a diktat from the ecologists?

"

In the past, Willy Schraen has repeatedly criticized the Greens for their positions on hunting, deriding "animal terrorists" and believing that "hunters were the first environmentalists" by their regulatory activity.

Hunting, which can only be practiced with a permit, is authorized each year during the fall and a large part of the winter.

However, the precise dates vary according to the departments because the opening date is decided by each prefect.

Source: leparis

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