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Happy Hour with Problem Hunter Jacomella Sergio

Through lies and deception, recreational hunter Jacomella Sergio was able to obtain an invalid ruling from the District Court of Zofingen. Jacomella Sergio, a member of the militant association «Jagd Schweiz», was required to appear before the court on June 5, 2018. Several criminal complaints filed by IG Wild beim Wild against the aforementioned association and its members are currently pending, up to and including the Federal Court.

Editorial Team Wild beim Wild — June 14, 2018

Through lies and deception, recreational hunter Jacomella Sergio was able to obtain an invalid ruling from the District Court of Zofingen.

Jacomella Sergio, a member of the militant association «Jagd Schweiz», was required to appear before the court on June 5, 2018. Several criminal complaints filed by IG Wild beim Wild against the aforementioned association and its members are currently pending, up to and including the Federal Court in Lausanne. 

Jacomella Sergio was questioned and filed a motion to be acquitted of guilt and punishment. The plaintiff (Sonnthal Carl) was not required to appear under the rules of procedure. Ideal conditions, then, to observe the recreational hunter from 4663 Aarburg at «work» from a distance. However, anyone who knows the managing director of the dubious company Ecfos is aware that this is of no use whatsoever in establishing the truth. Recreational hunters are always Pinocchios as well.

EIt was very much the intent of the accused to damage the reputation of the plaintiff by calling him a complete idiot and an animal abuser (in addition to rat-catcher, liar, etc. in other Facebook comments). In this context, the defamatory comments by Jacomella Sergio are what is relevant — not the false image (act. 044) submitted by Jacomella Sergio, upon which the District Court of Zofingen based its ruling on account of Jacomella Sergio’s untruthful statements. The recreational hunter Jacomella Sergio also presented a different version to the Zofingen public prosecutor’s office (see below).

How will the Higher Court in Aarau assess the case on the basis of the appeal brief submitted by the public prosecutor’s office and the plaintiff?

Recreational hunting can be an early symptom of a dangerous psychopathy that is not limited to animals alone. Many studies confirm that acts of violence against animals demand our full attention!

Both the serial killer and the recreational hunter believe they are participating in something important. Brain anomalies are found in serial killers with striking frequency. Violence leaves traces in the brain after a short time. Neuropsychologists confirm: The amygdala, a core region of the brain, is noticeably underdeveloped or impaired in violent individuals such as recreational hunters. When this central part of the brain (the emotional sorting center) is defective, the sense of disgust, among other things, is switched off. This can be observed without doubt time and again in everyday conversations with recreational hunters.

At the point where violence is discharged, damage is therefore caused in the same way as at the point to which it is directed.

Notorious militant hunting magazines are full of images of hunters holding a weapon and posing in a dominant position over their victims. Such magazines stimulate the imagination of recreational hunters, making them want to hunt more and more, in all corners of the world. Recreational hunters need such photographs and films in order to feel important.

Language holds no deeper meaning for a recreational hunter. This is already evident from the animal-contemptuous hunters' jargon. For him, it carries no emotional weight. When a passionate recreational hunter or psychopath says, for example: “I love you,” it means little more to him than the sentence “I would like a cup of coffee.” This is one of the reasons why psychopaths remain so cool, calm, and composed in the face of extreme danger, and why they are so reward-driven and prone to taking risks. Their brain is literally less “switched on” than the brain of normal people.

The IG Wild beim Wild is a non-profit interest group dedicated to the sustainable and non-violent improvement of the human-animal relationship, with a particular specialization in the legal aspects of wildlife protection. One of our main concerns is to introduce a contemporary and serious wildlife management system in the cultural landscape, modeled on the Canton of Geneva – without recreational hunters but with individuals of integrity as wildlife wardens. The monopoly on the use of force belongs in the hands of the state and must not be delegated to gangs of recreational hunters.

The IG also maintains a «Blacklist«, which documents in a timely manner how recreational hunters – from ordinary farmers to members of parliament – belonging to the association «JagdSchweiz» are rooted in criminality, beyond the bounds of law and order. For example, in the canton of Graubünden alone, according to the cantonal Office for Hunting and Fishing, there are over 1,000 reports and/or fines issued against recreational hunters every year – hunters who are affiliated with the problem association «JagdSchweiz» through their cantonal associations. If these figures and costs are extrapolated to the whole of Switzerland, one arrives at criminal dimensions that, in a constitutional state, should long since have become intolerable! Any other club or association would have been dissolved long ago.

Interest Group Wild beim Wild

The IG Wild beim Wild is a non-profit interest group committed to the sustainable and non-violent improvement of the human-animal relationship, with a particular focus on the legal aspects of wildlife protection. One of our main concerns is to introduce a modern and professional wildlife management system in the cultivated landscape, modelled on the Canton of Geneva – without recreational hunters, but with wildlife wardens of integrity who truly deserve the title and act in accordance with a code of honour. The monopoly on the use of force belongs in the hands of the state. The IG supports scientific methods of immunocontraception for wildlife.

More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier Poaching and hunting crime in Switzerland we document cases, legal questions and recurring patterns. What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.

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.

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