VIDEO. Ariège: the administrative court of Toulouse suspends the hunting of gray mountain partridges
After the suspension of the ptarmigan hunting last week, the justice suspended this Monday the prefectural authorization to hunt the gray partridge in Ariège. A victory for the OneVoice association which challenged this decision in the name of the protection of the species.
Clap of early end for gray partridge hunting in Ariège this season. The Toulouse administrative court suspended this Monday, October 18 the order of the prefect which authorized this hunting under conditions, from 1uh to October 24, i.e. until Sunday inclusive. A “maximum harvest” quota of 20 gray partridges per hunter was authorized. A decision challenged before the Toulouse administrative justice by the association One Voice, which won the case.
“It’s a small victory for biodiversity, but already a victory, underlines Me Vanina Saget-Ducousso, lawyer for the association. We hope to be nominated before Wednesday, the next hunting day. The hunt is no matter what, suspended for the weekend. These are three days when we will save a few specimens. “
“The withdrawals are infinitesimal”
This suspension made the Ariège hunters who attended the hearing jump. “If we want to attack in an emergency, we must attack when the decree is published by the prefect. There are three days of hunting left, frankly … There, it is good to reduce the practice of hunting, c ‘ is ideology “, insists Jean-Luc Fernandez, president of the Federation of hunters of Ariège.
“I do not understand this decision because the situation of the species does not justify it, abounds Me Charles Lagier, Federation lawyer. The samples are infinitesimal, the hunting period is extremely short. There is no reason for this suspension.