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France Opens Complaint Platform After Rural Tensions With Environmental Police
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (473+ words) France's biodiversity agency has launched a confidential reporting channel for citizens who believe its environmental officers acted inappropriately, amid growing friction with farmers and other rural users. France's Office Fran'ais de la Biodiversit" (OFB), the public body responsible for biodiversity…...
46-year-old man dies after his scooter collides with a deer
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (202+ words) A deer ran onto the road and the rider of an electric scooter was unable to brake or avoid it. The violent collision caused him to hit his head against the ground in a blow that proved fatal. It was…...
EU Reviews Firearms Rules as a Digital Gun Passport Gains Momentum
22+ hour, 54+ min ago (463+ words) The European Commission has met civilian firearms stakeholders in Brussels to assess how the EU Firearms Directive works in practice, with hunters and sport shooters pressing for easier cross-border travel and a digital European Firearms Pass. The European Commission has…...
Europe Tests Protective Vests to Shield Hunting Dogs From Wolf Attacks
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (320+ words) FACE has highlighted field trials of protective vests for hunting dogs at an EU large carnivore coexistence meeting in Brussels, with Croatia emerging as a key testing ground and interest growing across Europe. Europe's debate over coexistence with the wolf…...
Texas Hunting and Fishing License System Exposes Personal Data of More Than Three Million Users
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (542+ words) Texas wildlife officials say a cybersecurity incident at an outside licensing vendor may have exposed personal information belonging to millions of hunters and anglers, although financial data and Social Security numbers were reportedly not obtained. The Texas Parks and Wildlife…...
A fox steals a shepherd's stick
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (162+ words) The animal gets so close to the flock of sheep that the farmer decides to throw his crook at it, with such bad luck that the fox decides to take revenge by carrying it away in its mouth. Foxes are…...
A pony is stolen in Sanl'car de Barrameda and a reward of 50, 000 euros is offered to anyone who returns him home
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (314+ words) A video surveillance camera recorded the car used to carry out the theft. The thieves took the competition horse away in the boot of the car. Ciuciu is a 20-year-old male of the Falabella breed. An equine breed created in…...
Two wolves attack a huge wild boar at the door of a house
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (489+ words) The owner of the rural home takes out his mobile phone and records what he is seeing and hearing. Two wolves savagely bite the ears and neck of a wild boar that is larger than they are. A video recorded…...
The Spanish Government aligns itself against hunting and appeals Andalusia's Predator Control Order
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (219+ words) Ignoring the scientific rigour and technical soundness of an order that Andalusian hunters had been waiting for more than 25 years, the Ministry of Social Rights is working alongside anti-hunting movements to stop, for ideological reasons, a fundamental tool for the…...
EU Lead Ban Moves Ahead Without Rifle Bullets in Immediate Restriction
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (503+ words) A revised REACH proposal approved by EU member states would restrict lead shot after a seven-year transition period, while lead bullets are left out of the immediate text for now. The European debate over lead ammunition has entered a new…...