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The Government Is About to Reauthorize the Hunting of the Wood Pigeon and the Common Pochard.

The government is considering authorizing the harvesting (in other words, shooting) of two bird species for the 2026-2027 hunting season: the European turtle dove and the common pochard, a diving duck. Draft decrees set an annual quota of 12,000 birds for the former and 5,000 for the latter. The public consultation was opened on July 31, in the middle of summer. Banned since 2022, the resumption of turtle dove hunting is premature, according to …
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The government is considering authorizing the harvesting (in other words, shooting) of two bird species for the 2026-2027 hunting season: the European turtle dove and the common pochard, a diving duck. Draft decrees set an annual quota of 12,000 birds for the former and 5,000 for the latter. The public consultation was opened on July 31, in the middle of summer. Banned since 2022, the resumption of turtle dove hunting is premature, according to …

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Reporterre, le quotidien de l'écologie… broke the news on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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