Spain: Video about hunting becomes a scandal
During a hunting event with recreational hunters, a witness was able to film incredible animal cruelty at the edge of a gorge. Several hunting dogs and the prey fell over a cliff, while shots can be heard in the background.
During a hunting event with recreational hunters, a witness was able to film incredible animal cruelty at the edge of a gorge. Several hunting dogs and the prey fell over a cliff, while shots can be heard in the background.
Surreal scene at the edge of a gorge
During a hunting event in Herreruela, Cáceres in western Spain, documentary filmmaker Luis Domínguez filmed a surreal scene: while hunting dogs managed to corner a deer at the edge of a gorge, several hunting dogs that had clamped onto the deer fell into the depths. A recreational hunter also attempted to kill the deer with a knife during the horrific incident.
The video has caused widespread outrage among citizens in Spain, as it once again documents the appalling cruelty of recreational hunting.
Politicians condemn the barbarity
Several Spanish politicians have watched and shared the video. The leader of the left-wing movement Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, writes: “The people responsible for this barbarity have a name: they are criminals. Let us put an end to this once and for all and impose lasting punishment on those guilty.”
It remains unclear how many of the roughly dozen animals perished in the fall over the 15-metre-high cliff. More on crime and recreational hunting and on the animal welfare problem.
More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier The Role and Criticism of Recreational Hunters we shed light on the training, power and self-image of recreational hunters. 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.
