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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kim Willsher in Paris

France’s refusal to ban Sunday hunting angers anti-hunt campaigners

A hunter walking during a deer hunt in the Pyrenees.
A hunter in the Pyrenees. According to figures by the French Office for Biodiversity, there were 90 hunting accidents in 2021-22. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

The French government has angered anti-hunt campaigners after refusing to ban hunting on Sundays during the season.

Instead, it has declared a ban on drinking alcohol and taking drugs while hunting, a move activists say is unenforceable, and will set up a voluntary application for hunters to indicate where they are active.

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