But who has killed seven deer for free since the end of summer in the Canner massif, in the north of the Moselle?
The question never ceases to torment local hunters and animal lovers.
The seven bodies shot dead were found successively in the middle of the forest without the poachers having taken the trouble to remove the meat or the trophies.
The excitement is such that the question of offering bonuses to anyone who could identify the deer killer is seriously raised.
It will be on the menu for the next meeting of the office of the Federation of Moselle hunters.
Pierre Lang, its president, is openly in favor of it.
Sums of between 1,000 and 2,000 euros are mentioned.
“Totally extraordinary poaching”
For hunters, there is no room for doubt: there is indeed a deer killer in the area “who does this knowingly, just to kill, to hurt”.
“I inquired about the premiums, assures Pierre Lang, it is legally accepted.
According to him, it is “one or more people, who are equipped with high-performance equipment, probably rifles with night sighting optics.
This is totally extraordinary poaching.
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One of the deer corpses, still with its antlers, discovered in the Canner massif.
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Wounded animals sometimes agonize for twenty-four to forty-eight hours before they breathe their last.
The game wardens of the department are speechless.
The Moselle prefecture, the National Forestry Office (ONF), the Biodiversity Office and the gendarmes were alerted.
Pierre Lang invites the tenants or owners of the forests concerned to lodge a complaint.
He plans for his part, with teams of hunters to set up surveillance operations to try to confuse the mysterious poacher(s).
"With the layout of the place, it's obviously someone who knows the place, probably with a 4 x 4 to get to these muddy, hard-to-access corners where the animals were killed.
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