Court orders immediate suspension of Turtle Dove ‘hunting’ in France
Following an appeal by Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO - Birdlife’s Partner in France), the Conseil d'Etat has suspended with immediate effect the hunting of Turtle Doves throughout France.
It came after the French Government recently gave approval for nearly 18.000 Turtle Doves to be shot during the 2020-21 season.
Some felt that the French government decision to suspend glue hunting, for one year, would allow other French hunting scandals to perpetuate, such as the destruction of nearly 18,000 Turtle Doves, a globally threatened species whose numbers in Europe are in free fall (-80% since 1980 ).
Although this latest development is good news LPO believe that as many as 10,000 birds may already have been killed this season before the suspension had been ordered.
They have said they will continue to work for an outright ban the hunting of the globally threatened species.
14 September 2020
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