An unusual accident has cost a recreational hunter in Turkey his life.
He was shot by his own dog, as the German newspaper «Bild» reports.
Loaded rifle in the boot
According to the report, the Turkish man had stowed his equipment in the boot after a hunting trip with friends in the mountains of Kizlan near Alcam in the north of the country, including his loaded rifle. When the dog jumped into the car, it is said to have touched the weapon in such a way that a shot was discharged and struck the 32-year-old.
Autopsy to provide clarity
The man died on the spot. Friends and emergency responders could do nothing more for him. Police and prosecutors are investigating the bizarre hunting accident. A friend was initially detained but has since been released. The autopsy of the body is expected to provide further clues as to whether it may in fact be a case of foul play.
Local media reported that he had only become a father ten days earlier.
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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.
