Unlawful Hunting Practices at the State-Owned Enterprise Sachsenforst
The state-owned enterprise Sachsenforst has come under criticism for its rigorous forest-over-wildlife policy. Driven hunts targeting ungulates are highly controversial.
Criminal Complaint for Violations of Animal Protection and Hunting Law
The state-owned enterprise Sachsenforst has come under criticism for its rigorous forest-over-wildlife policy. From late October through late January, driven hunts are conducted with up to 140 hunting licence holders, beaters and dogs.
Wildtierschutz Deutschland has filed a criminal complaint regarding the disturbance of ungulates during their winter rest period, the killing of parent animals required for rearing offspring, and the destruction of a species-rich wildlife population.
Multiple Violations of Hunting Law
According to Wildtierschutz Deutschland, the hunting practices carried out to date violated the provisions of hunting and animal protection law on multiple counts. More on the topic of recreational hunting and 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.
