There are expected names like those of Brigitte Bardot, the committed journalist Hugo Clément or the photographer of wide open spaces seen from the sky Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
But also those of actor Jonathan Zaccaï, singer Véronique Sanson, press boss Xavier Niel.
About fifty personalities from the world of entertainment, letters and the web signed a column in Le Monde
this weekend
calling for the repeal of hunting with hounds.
“A hunting practice of feudal origin”, denounce the editors who include in their ranks the host Julien Courbet, the former star of the series Balthazar Hélène De Fougerolles, the actress Anny Duperey, the lawyer Arno Klarsfeld, the director of
A Man and A Woman
Claude Lelouch, the stylist Lolita Lempicka.
“All leisure must be practiced without cruelty”
“
Hunting with hounds, horns and cries (also called venery) consists of launching a pack of dogs in pursuit of a wild animal, until the latter is exhausted.
The hunt for the animal can last for hours, during which it runs at full speed, in enormous stress.
Many animals die of sudden cardiac arrest.
Those who survive are often injured for life or condemned to agonize
, ”recalls their tribune.
"Hunting sows chaos and terror: packs of dogs running on the roads, domestic animals attacked, howls, hunted animals seeking refuge in the villages"
, lists the text which underlines that in this matter France is very lagging behind these neighbours.
Including England, another homeland of hunting with hounds where it has long been the prerogative of the elite and aristocratic families.
“Since its ban, English and German hunters practice it without killing animals, with simple decoys as prey.
All leisure must be practiced without cruelty
”, describe the signatories who deplore that all the bills aimed at banning hunting have come up against the hunting lobby.
Now, France is one of the six remaining countries in the world that allow this activity.