Anti-hunt activists say tragedies are too high a price to pay for one of France’s most popular activities
n a brisk morning at the Étang des Regains in Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye, shots ring out from the surrounding forest. It is hunting season and local hunt members are flushing out and tracking wild boar, deer and smaller game.
Hunting is one of France’s most popular and divisive activities. Opponents say hunters behave as though the countryside belongs to them and allege that they have killed, injured and terrified locals with impunity. Hunters accuse critics of seeing rural France as a kind of Disneyland, where deer and wild boar roam free – damaging farmers’ crops and forests.
Even Willy Schraen, the outspoken president of the French hunters’ federation – who insists “zero risk” is impossible even for innocent bystanders in hunting – declared the incident “unacceptable”. For Keane’s close friends – Léa Jaillard, Mila Sanchez, Zoé Monchecourt and Audrey Tindilière – it is unthinkable that his death should be treated as inevitable collateral damage in a popular but minority pursuit.
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