Traditional Hunting and Justice: the Council of State Paves the Way for a Return of the Lark Hunt with Nets in the South-West
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In the past, the High Administrative Court had repeatedly disavowed the government, when it had authorized the hunting in the departments of Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Again in September 2025, the Council of State suspended the execution of a ministerial order authorizing the hunting, on the basis of the 2009 European Birds Directive. However, the decision published on Friday now considers that "the condition o…
On Friday, the highest administrative court ruled that the capture of these birds from the field using nets, until now prohibited because of a non-selective mode of hunting, is now compatible with the proper conservation of the species.
The High Administrative Court rejected the appeals of associations which opposed hunting by the so-called "pants" method in certain departments of the South-West.
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