The judge of the ones of the Council of State, seized urgently by the defenders of nature, suspended on Monday, the new government orders authorizing hunts of traditional birds, evoking “a serious doubt as to their legality” . In early August, the Council of State had already canceled several hunting authorizations using nets or cages.
Le Monde with AFP
Emergency seized by One Voice and the Bird Protection League (LPO), two Nature Defense Associations, Judge Referrals of the State Council suspended on Monday, October 25, the new government orders authorizing traditional bird hunts.
In early August, the Council of State had canceled several hunting authorizations of the puppet vanes, gilded rain, alouettes of the fields, throngs and black-mesheds with nets (pants, tenderers) or cages (mats), judging “than These authorizations issued by the Minister responsible for the Environment do not comply with the requirements of the European law relating to the protection of birds “.
The European Directive “Birds” of 2009 prohibits the techniques of massive bird capture without distinction of species. A derogation is possible “provided that it is duly motivated and therefore” there is no other satisfactory solution “to capture some birds, had recalled the Council of State.
What did not dissuaded the Ministry of the ecological transition to publish, on October 15, eight decrees for 2021-2022 arguing that the texts bring “the necessary motivations on the absence of alternative solution, the selectivity, the selectivity, The judicious use and the small quantities of birds killed by these hunts, which can allow derogations. The associations had immediately attacked these orders and requested their immediate suspension.