Environment. Re-Licensed Hunting of Wood Doves in France
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The hunting of wood turtles, a migratory bird whose population has collapsed in Europe, is again allowed in France, a decision denounced on Saturday as "unacceptable" by the defenders of biodiversity.
Environmental defenders are insurgent against the decision of the Ministry of Ecological Transition when this species is "agonizing".
Suspended in France since 2021, the hunting of the wood turtle can resume for the 2025-2026 season. A decree published in the "Journal officiel" of 29 August sets the national quota at 10,560 birds in the metropolis.


The hunting of the wood turtle, a migratory bird whose population has collapsed in Europe, is again allowed in France. "For the hunting season 2025-2026, the total allowable sampling for the wood turtle (Streptopelia turtur) is fixed, for the whole terroin
A wood turtle, in Italy, in 2023. SAVERIO GATTO / BIOSPHOTO A decree published in the Official Journal on Friday 29 August authorizes, after five years of prohibition, hunters to kill the wood turtledoves. This authorization follows "the finding of a better state of conservation of the species on the west-central route of migration, including France", according to the document. This migratory bird, which bears the scientific name of Streptopelia…
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