Anti-hunt activists say tragedies are too high a price to pay for one of France’s most popular activities
On a brisk morning at the Étang des Regains in Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye, shots ring out from the surrounding forest. It is hunting season and local hunt members are flushing out and tracking wild boar, deer and smaller game.
A few miles away from the northern Burgundy town, another hunt is out. The woods lining the departmental road off the A6 Autoroute de Soleil are peppered with hunters wearing fluorescent orange jackets and holding placards reading “Attention: chasse en cours” (Warning: hunt in progress).
