100 bullet holes: Recreational hunter shoots at female motorist
A wildlife killer intended to shoot at a pigeon, but instead hit a passing car on a heavily trafficked main road, causing severe damage to the vehicle. The driver was unharmed.
Shotgun blast hits passing car
On 9 March 2023, a 56-year-old recreational hunter attempted to shoot at a pigeon from his attic in the middle of Arnoldstein, Austria, using a shotgun. The direction of fire was aimed towards the heavily trafficked main road.
A police officer identified that the more than 100 bullet holes had come from a shotgun. Part of the shot pattern also struck the driver's side window. The driver was unharmed, likely also because the side window was closed.
Temporary weapons ban
A temporary weapons ban was issued against the man. Several hunting weapons were confiscated. More on the topic of Crime and hunting and Animal welfare problems of recreational hunting.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier The Role and Criticism of Recreational Hunters we shed light on the training, power and self-image of recreational hunters. The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
