Saône-Et-Loire. Did the Farmer Rip Out Hedges Where Protected Species Nested?

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A 55-year-old farmer living in Saône-et-Loire appeared at the Dole Proximity Court for tearing up hedges and a grove housing natural breeding and resting habitat of three species of protected birds. Denying having done so, his lawyer pleaded for the release.

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Billionaire Olivier Bouygues, brother of Martin Bouygues and son of the telecoms group's founder, will be tried in March 2026 by the Orléans Criminal Court in the Loiret department for "suspicion of the destruction of protected bird species by an organized gang." Four other people are also under investigation. A search conducted by the French Office for Biodiversity and the Orléans gendarmerie on his Fontenaille estate, located near La Ferté-Sai…

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At the beginning of 2025, the Montpellier Correctional Court issued two decisions condemning wind turbine operators following the destruction of protected species. In the future, criminal courts may have to deal with similar cases.

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On Thursday, the court sent five people, including billionaire Olivier Bouygues, to the correctional court in March 2026 as part of an investigation by the research brigade (BR) d'Orléans and OFB's departmental service, after suspicions of the destruction of protected bird species in a hunting area in Sologne. On Wednesday, the investigators placed four people in custody, "including the owner and administrator of the estate".