ECJ HUNTING CASE
November 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BID by French conservation groups to persuade the European Court of Justice to ban wild bird hunting across the European Union at ecologically sensitive times - including nesting, rearing and breeding - has failed. Its judges ruled that wild birds could be shot during these periods. They said under the European wild birds directive, hunters had to prove there was no other "satisfactory" season and shooting would be "strictly supervised", killing "certain birds in small numbers."
A BID by French conservation groups to persuade the European Court of Justice to ban wild bird hunting across the European Union at ecologically sensitive times - including nesting, rearing and breeding - has failed. Its judges ruled that wild birds could be shot during these periods. They said under the European wild birds directive, hunters had to prove there was no other "satisfactory" season and shooting would be "strictly supervised", killing "certain birds in small numbers."
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