According to local press, the Pauilhac Hunting Club suffered an attack by anonymous activists days before the start of the hunting season. Several stands were vandalised, some of them having the reinforcement removed but leaving the structures up, which makes hunters afraid of climbing on any of the raised hides in case they call down …
Tag: hunters
Oct 07
12 Hunting Towers Destroyed (Mornas, France)
via: Attaque ENGLISH (translation): In Mornas (Vaucluse), hunters are wondering who is destroying their tree stands. These 1.50-2 m towers are erected in the wild to make hunting safer: the bullet is no longer fired horizontally, but towards the ground at an angle of 30 degrees. For several years now, the watchtowers of the sixty Mornas …
Oct 07
National Hunting Federation Mailbox Filled with Manure by ALF (Italy)
Received anonymously: ENGLISH (translation): On the occasion of the ‘hunting opening in Italy we wanted to remind how cowardly and infamous human beings hiding behind the authorizations of a murderous state that trades the lives of animals to maintain power. Hunting is called a sport by those who practice it, but there is no sport …
Jul 02
Hunting Lodge Destroyed by Arson (Casalecchio, Italy)
Via Sansnom. On the night of May 12/13, while the National Association of Alpine Hunters were celebrating their 95th annual gathering, one of their premises was set on fire a little over a hundred kilometers away. It happened in Casalecchio (Emilia-Romagna), where the chalet that housed their activities, including a dog unit, is now covered …
Jul 02
5 Hunting Towers Burned (Germany)
According to local pro-hunt media, five separate hunting seats were attacked with wire in the south west of Germany during the afternoon of the 30th of June. One of the arsons was extinguished by a cyclist that found the tower on fire and used their water bottle to bring the flames down. Another one was …
May 06
Hunt Saboteur Attempts to Steal Hunter’s Rifle, Takes Ammunition Instead (Germany)
According to local media, the police are investigating an attempted robbery after an unknown person tried to steal a hunter’s weapon. Cops say an unknown perpetrator attempted to snatch the rifle of a hunter commissioned by the town to hunt rabbits in the cementery on Firdaty 19th April. This led to a scuffle between the …
May 06
Duck Hunters Targeted by ALF (Victoria, Australia)
Received anonymously: ALF Locks Hunters Out of Wetlands and Spray Paints Rifle Club The campaign against hunters continues in so-called Australia. The ALF has visited Lake Colac and Reedy Lake before the weekend to lock gates and prevent vehicles from entering the wetland. The Colac Rifle Club was also visited, and spray painted for their …
Apr 16
ALF Harasses Hunters (Victoria, Australia)
Received anonymously: Sunday morning the A.L.F visited Lake Colac in Victoria, so-called Australia to let hunters know they aren’t welcome to shoot innocent animals on these wetlands. We put a lock and chain on a gate at one of the entrances into the wetlands preventing hunters getting into the wetlands and preventing the hunters who …
Apr 15
ALF Disrupts Hunters’ Sleep (Victoria, Australia)
Received anonymously: Earlier this year Jacinta Allen’s office was paid a visit by the A.L.F for her decision to go against her own governments recommendation to ban duck shooting. This is likely due to her personal ties with hunters, and the fair share of hunter population in her electorate. The A.L.F vowed to show up …
Mar 11
ALF Liberates 6 Dogs from Hunter’s Shed (Italy)
ENGLISH (TRANSLATION): Hunting is legalized murder that wreaks havoc among wildlife every year during the hunting season. However, there are other victims that both during the hunting season and at its end suffer the consequences: hunters’ dogs. Exploited as breeders, trained with electric collars and sticks, held in cages, treated as slaves, regarded not as …
Mar 11
Wildlife Traps and Cameras Destroyed (Bavaria, Germany)
According to reports in hunting media, two hunting areas near Würzburg in Bavaria have been vandalised by activists. At least three concrete pipe traps were destroyed, along with the wildlife cameras set up around them. Thilo Duschner, the hunter and owner of the traps and wildlife cameras, says the attack was no coincidence. He believes …
Feb 27
Hunting Tower Arson Caps 2-Year Campaign (Bavaria, Germany)
According to local media, a hunter in Ansbach has faced continuous sabotage for the past two years. A year ago he fell from a tower that had been sawn and put together again, breaking his hand. The latest attack was fire, and the hunter found his tower burnt to the ground. He estimates the latest …