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

French hunters react angrily to drinking ban plan to reduce accidental deaths

A warning sign reading ‘hunting in progress’, near Neuillé-Pont-Pierre, central France
A warning sign reading ‘hunting in progress’, near Neuillé-Pont-Pierre, central France. Photograph: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images

French hunters have reacted angrily to suggestions they be stopped from drinking while out shooting to reduce accidental deaths and injuries.

The proposal would make those taking part in hunts subject to the same rules on blood alcohol limits and subsequent penalties as motorists. It is one of 30 recommendations made by France’s upper house of parliament, the senate, to address issues with hunt safety and the threat to members of the public.

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