Recreational hunters kill albino wild boar with mane
Two recreational hunters allegedly killed a horse with two shots — they claimed to have mistaken the white Icelandic pony for a wild boar.
Icelandic horse shot in 2018
As early as 2018, this recreational hunting incident had caused an uproar in the municipality of Wilnsdorf in the Siegerland region.
The shocked owner had found the dead Icelandic horse on Whit Monday 2018 behind her house in the pasture. An expert determined that “Feykir” had been killed with two shots fired from a distance of approximately 60 metres.
Hunting companion faces trial
The actual shooter (62) from Gummersbach was acquitted. Now his hunting companion (54) from Wilnsdorf had to answer before the court. He is alleged to have incited the other to fire the shot.
During the hearing, several human dramas and disturbing revelations came to light. It was established that a recreational hunter had used a thermal imaging camera that night, something he had initially denied. The hunting companion had pressured the shooter to keep silent.
The prosecutor called for an acquittal, as the charge of gross negligence could not be established beyond doubt. Legal consequences under hunting law remain open. The recreational hunters have once again done what they do best: lie! More on this under Crime and Hunting.
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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. 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.
