Hobby hunters lie through their teeth

760’000 Foxes shot, not a single partridge saved

For years, the State Hunting Association of Baden-Württemberg has been pushing for a further reduction of the closed season for foxes. The spurious argument: hobby hunting during the mating season is supposedly an effective conservation measure for endangered species.Hobby hunting during the mating season is claimed to be an effective protective measure for threatened species. Wildtierschutz Deutschland exposes the deception:

Between 2015 and 2020, hunting statistics do not record a single partridge. In the period before 2015, there was no closed season for foxes at all. Between 2004 and 2015, over 760’000 foxes were shot, and the number of hares declined by 40 percent.

No increase in the fox population

While in the early 2000s still around 80’000 foxes were killed each year, hunting bag figures over the last 10 years show only around 50’000 foxes. There is no question of any increase in the predator population.

Habitat loss is the true cause

Predators such as foxes, martens or sparrowhawks are not responsible for the decline of ground-nesting birds. The causes are habitat loss, over-fertilisation, pesticide use and insect decline. The Geneva model since 1974 and Luxembourg since 2015 demonstrate that neither populations increase nor diseases break out. Hobby hunting fails as population control. More on the topic: Studies and Biodiversity.

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