Question 8406 — animals

Summary

Since 1972, all raptor species without exception have been protected at community and national level. The regulatory provisions in this area are set out to date by the interministerial decree of October 29, 2009 establishing the list of birds protected throughout the territory and the terms of their protection. By the early 1970s, raptor populations had mostly declined to very low levels, due to systematic persecution to which they were subjected (shooting, trapping, poisoning). These persecutions also led to the eradication in France of several species during the twentieth century: White-tailed eagle, Cinereous vulture, Bearded vulture in the Alps, Griffon vulture in the Cévennes, Continental osprey. The situation has improved for most raptors over the past twenty years thanks to protection strict and the establishment of specific conservation programs (monitoring, management, reintroduction) which have contributed significantly to this evolution. The ban on organochlorine pesticides also made it possible to restore the situation of certain raptors such as the Peregrine Falcon and the European Sparrowhawk, which were thus able to return to a large part of their original distribution area. It is therefore a real success in terms of nature conservation, which should be emphasized. However, we cannot speak of an explosion in the raptor population. Indeed, after a phase of restoration of numbers, the current trend for the majority of raptor species is towards stability. Occasionally, a raptor may specialize in capturing farmed birds, in which case measures to protect the facilities must be put in place to protect yourself from attacks. It is this solution that must be favored. The environmental code provides for the prohibition of harming specimens of protected species and, for some of them, their breeding and resting habitats. It is however possible, under certain very limited conditions, to request an exemption from the strict protection of species when the interest of the project justifies it, that no other solution is possible and finally without this harming the conservation status of the populations of species concerned.

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