Property declared hunting-free after just 10 months
The properties of Eva Maria Leitner in Remshalden-Rohrbronn near Stuttgart have been officially hunting-free since 1.4.2023. In February 2023, the animal lover received notification from the Rems-Murr district authority that her application for hunting law pacification had been approved at the end of the hunting year — just 10 months after the application was submitted!
Property declared hunting-free in just 10 months
Eva Maria Leitner cannot reconcile recreational hunting on her traditional orchards with her conscience. “For ethical reasons, I reject the killing of animals of any kind in general.” Less than a year after applying for hunting law pacification, her properties have been hunting-free since 1.4.2023.
European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2012 that compulsory membership in a hunting cooperative violates human rights, provided the owner rejects recreational hunting on ethical grounds. On 6.12.2013, § 6a of the Federal Hunting Act “Pacification of land areas for ethical reasons” came into force.
Inspiring courage
“I want to inspire others through my story!”, says Leitner. The cost: 640 euros. More on the topic of hunting law, animal rights and animal welfare issues in recreational hunting.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In our dossiers on the criticism of recreational hunting gather fact-checks, analyses and background reports. 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.
