{"id":15036,"date":"2024-10-07T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=15036"},"modified":"2024-10-30T09:05:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T17:05:40","slug":"12-hunting-towers-destroyed-mornas-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2024\/10\/07\/12-hunting-towers-destroyed-mornas-france\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Hunting Towers Destroyed (Mornas, France)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>via:\u00a0Attaque<\/a><\/p>\n

ENGLISH (translation):
\n<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n

For several years now, the watchtowers of the sixty Mornas hunters have been deliberately damaged. The towers are sawed off, torn from their bases and attached to the cars with cables. A few years ago, there were 21 watchtowers. Now there are just 9!<\/p>\n

The hunters speak of \u201csabotage\u201d and are worried about the future of their hunting area: the 1,100 hectares of the Uchaux hill are also very popular with hikers and mountain bikers. The Mornas hunters have not lodged a complaint, but they are concerned about the sharing of nature.<\/p>\n

Near the hunting cabin in the pine forest, the debris from the watchtowers piles up. Christian Jodar, treasurer of the Amicale des Chasseurs de Mornas (Mornas hunters\u2019 association) calls the place \u201cthe watchtower cemetery\u201d. He is indignant: \u201cThis is sabotage, of planned and organized actions\u201d. Sylvain Ribe, president of the Mornas hunters\u2019 association, counted the number of stands: \u201cWe put up 21, leaving 9. The rest have been destroyed. The four legs are set in concrete blocks, but they come with cars and cables; they shoot to knock down or break the watchtowers. And the latest thing is that they\u2019re partially sawing out the floor of the watchtowers. You can\u2019t see it with the naked eye, but when you climb on them, you can break your face with a gun\u201d. The president recalls a hunter from Mornas who suffered a head injury in a fall after the sawed floor of a watchtower collapsed.<\/p>\n

The hunters\u2019 president believes that the opponents of hunting are mistaken, as watchtowers are installed to make hunting safer: \u201cI think this is pure vandalism by the anti-hunters. It\u2019s a pity: these watchtowers improve safety for hunters and non-hunters alike, because they\u2019re shoot-to-kill. We shoot from tree stands with the axis at 30 degrees to the ground, so that the bullet sticks in the ground instead of flying miles away horizontally. It\u2019s safety pure and simple. This damage to the tree stands is damaging for everyone, hunters and non-hunters alike.<\/p>\n

[\u2026] The Mornas hunters explain that they are not the only ones affected, as hunting stands are being deliberately destroyed all over France.<\/p>\n

FRENCH (original):
\n<\/strong>A Mornas (Vaucluse), les chasseurs se demandent qui d\u00e9truit leurs miradors.\u00a0Ces tours d\u20191,50 \u00e0 2 m sont mont\u00e9es dans la nature pour s\u00e9curiser la chasse\u00a0: la balle ne part plus horizontalement mais vers le sol avec un angle de 30 degr\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es, les miradors des soixante chasseurs de Mornas sont volontairement d\u00e9grad\u00e9s. Les miradors sont sci\u00e9s, arrach\u00e9s de leur socle avec des c\u00e2bles attach\u00e9s aux voitures. Il y avait 21 miradors il y a quelques ann\u00e9es. Il n\u2019en reste plus que 9 !<\/strong><\/p>\n

Les chasseurs parlent de \u00ab\u00a0sabotage\u00a0\u00bb et s\u2019inqui\u00e8tent pour l\u2019avenir de leur zone de chasse\u00a0: les 1.100 hectares de la colline d\u2019Uchaux sont aussi tr\u00e8s fr\u00e9quent\u00e9s par les randonneurs et les v\u00e9t\u00e9tistes. Les chasseurs de Mornas n\u2019ont pas port\u00e9 plainte mais ils s\u2019interrogent sur le partage de la nature.<\/p>\n

Pr\u00e9s du cabanon de chasse dans la pin\u00e8de, les d\u00e9bris des miradors s\u2019entassent. Christian Jodar, le tr\u00e9sorier de l\u2019amicale des chasseurs de Mornas appelle cet endroit\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0le cimeti\u00e8re des miradors\u00a0\u00bb. Il s\u2019indigne\u00a0: \u00a0\u00bb\u00a0C\u2019est du sabotage, des actions pr\u00e9vues et organis\u00e9es\u00a0\u00bb.\u00a0Sylvain Ribe, le pr\u00e9sident des chasseurs de Mornas, a fait le d\u00e9compte\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0on en a pos\u00e9 21, il en reste 9. Le reste a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9truit. Les quatre pieds sont pourtant scell\u00e9s dans des plots en b\u00e9ton mais ils viennent avec des voitures et des c\u00e2bles; ils tirent pour renverser ou casser des miradors.\u00a0Et la derni\u00e8re nouveaut\u00e9, c\u2019est qu\u2019on nous scie partiellement le plancher des miradors. On ne peut pas le voir \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153il nu mais quand on monte dessus, on peut se casser la figure avec une arme\u00a0\u00bb. Le pr\u00e9sident se souvient d\u2019un chasseur de Mornas bless\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00eate dans une chute apr\u00e8s l\u2019effondrement du plancher sci\u00e9 d\u2019un mirador.<\/p>\n

Le pr\u00e9sident des chasseurs estime que les opposants \u00e0 la chasse se trompent car les miradors sont install\u00e9s pour s\u00e9curiser la chasse\u00a0:\u00a0Je pense que c\u2019est du vandalisme pur des anti-chasse. C\u2019est dommage\u00a0: ces miradors am\u00e9liorent la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des chasseurs et des non-chasseurs car ce sont des tirs fichants. On tire des miradors avec un axe \u00e0 30 degr\u00e9s vers le sol pour que la balle se fiche dans le sol au lieu de partir \u00e0 des kilom\u00e8tres \u00e0 l\u2019horizontale. C\u2019est de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 pure et simple. Ces d\u00e9g\u00e2ts sur les miradors sont bien dommageables pour tout le monde, les chasseurs et les non -chasseurs\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

[\u2026] Les chasseurs de Mornas expliquent qu\u2019ils ne sont pas seuls concern\u00e9s, partout en France des miradors de chasse sont d\u00e9truits volontairement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

via:\u00a0Attaque 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 … <\/p>\n

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