Recreational hunter shoots nursing vixen
In brief, foxes are not considered pests or dangerous to humans. They are a natural component of many ecosystems and play important roles in regulating populations of rodents and other small animals. However, they can occasionally cause damage in gardens, on farms, or to livestock, which is why some people may find them a nuisance. Overall, it is important to find a balance between human needs and the preservation of biodiversity.
Criminal complaint against recreational hunter
The Naturschutzinitiative e.V. has filed a criminal complaint: On 18.05.2023, a vixen was shot that was clearly nursing young. Under the Federal Hunting Act, adult foxes may not be killed if they are needed to raise their young.
Fox cubs starve in the den
«It must be assumed that the fox cubs left behind in the den will no longer be cared for and will face a cruel death by starvation,» stated the expert advisors of the NI. The recreational hunter faces up to five years imprisonment. More on the topic of crime and hunting and hunting legislation.
Dossiers: The fox in Switzerland: The most hunted predator without a lobby | Fox hunting without facts: How JagdSchweiz invents problems
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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.
