Once Again, a Deranged Recreational Hunter Shoots a Horse
In Rhineland-Palatinate, a recreational hunter shot a 14-year-old mare in its paddock. A post-mortem examination confirmed the gunshot wound as the cause of death.
The cause of death was a gunshot
On the morning of 22 January 2023, the owner of a 14-year-old mare found his horse dead in the paddock in Hermersberg (Rhineland-Palatinate). The animal showed a circular wound in the back area. The cause of death was injuries inflicted by a gunshot.
The police investigation ultimately led to a 33-year-old visiting hunter from North Rhine-Westphalia, who admitted to having fired the shot by mistake. The recreational hunter did not even see fit to search for the animal after firing the shot.
Investigation for criminal damage
The recreational hunter is now being investigated for criminal damage. According to the police, a horse is legally considered a piece of property. More on the topic of crime and hunting and animal welfare issues.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier Poaching and hunting crime in Switzerland we document cases, legal questions and recurring patterns. 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.
