Graubünden: Recreational Hunter Mistakes Dog for Fox
Although it has been proven for decades that foxes require no population management, the Office for Hunting and Nonsense in Graubünden pays little attention to scientific facts.
A senile recreational hunter in the canton of Graubünden has once again shot a dog – believing he had a fox in his sights.
In the canton of Graubünden, foxes and other wildlife are senselessly killed time and again and put on display without any respect.
According to the federal hunting statistics foxes in the canton of Graubünden are protected until 31 August 2024.
Recreational hunters in Graubünden thus deliberately disturb the peace of all wildlife and inhabitants of a biotope through their pointless and often illegal hunting activities.
The 80-year-old recreational hunter mistook a dog for a fox in the Prättigau region. The shot aimed at the presumed wild animal fatally struck the Border Collie.
The recreational hunter was also likely illegally engaged in pass hunting in the Schlappin area above Klosters last week. As the Graubünden cantonal police reported, a dog appeared on the meadow being watched by the recreational hunter at around 9 p.m.
According to police, the man assumed it was a fox. He fired at the animal, and the ten-year-old Border Collie dropped dead. Only then did the recreational hunter realise his mistake. The Graubünden cantonal police are investigating the exact circumstances of this wrongful shooting.
Recreational hunters and racists do not differ significantly. Both place value on a culture of violence in pursuing their vague agendas. Both have a distorted worldview, which they seek to impose with cult-like militancy. A glance at the social media profiles of recreational hunters reveals an abundance of conservatism, far-right thinking, Pegida, sexism, racism, status symbols, and so on. It is rare to find anyone of higher aspirations among recreational hunters. Recreational hunters also never face their opponents on equal terms in the open field — they are too cowardly and too devious for that.
To theoretically minimize such accidents, all recreational hunters in Switzerland must demonstrate their shooting proficiency every year. One aspect is striking, however: the program can be repeated any number of times until the requirements are met. The age of recreational hunters is also irrelevant.
According to Wild beim Wild, annual medical-psychological assessments for recreational hunters are needed, modeled on the Dutch system, along with an upper age limit. The largest age group among recreational hunters is 65+, those with age-related cognitive, visual, concentration, and reaction impairments, as well as training and skill deficits. From the age of 45, the number of accidents rises dramatically. The alarming reports of hunting accidents and fatal crimes involving hunters' weapons make it clear: it is high time to abolish recreational hunting! Deadly firearms have no place in the hands of senile recreational hunters who can use them completely unchecked!
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.
