Question 29762 — hunting and fishing

Summary

Ms. Frédérique Tuffnell draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition to the hunting and digging up of badgers. Protected in most European countries, the species is classified in Appendix III of the Berne Convention, which implies protection on an international scale. In France, the destruction of badgers is widely authorized and is mainly practiced through underground hunting, which consists of block the entrances to the badger's burrow to leave only one exit, into which hunting dogs enter. The badger is then extracted from the burrow using metal tweezers, a source of further injury and stress, before being killed with a gun or knife. However, it is an indigenous species, non-edible, and whose real numbers are not known, due to its underground lifestyle and nocturnal. It is not a source of particular damage to agricultural plots and its susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis does not justify its systematic destruction, as recalled in a study published by ANSES in October 2019. In addition, the practice of hunting underground would provide conditions conducive to the transmission of this same disease. The decree of April 1, 2019 amending the decree of March 18, 1982 relating to the exercise of hunting did not offer sufficient conditions to make this traditional practice ethical and today, the health crisis shows to what extent the destruction of wild environments and species was a source of health risks. In March 2020, the British government announced the gradual end to the culling of badgers in England as well as the launch of a major vaccination campaign against bovine tuberculosis. She asks her what solutions she proposes to put an end to this barbaric practice as quickly as possible.

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