{"id":73196,"date":"2014-05-01T16:50:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=73196"},"modified":"2019-12-23T00:43:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:43:57","slug":"plea-for-the-pyrenean-stags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/plea-for-the-pyrenean-stags\/","title":{"rendered":"Plea for the Pyrenean stags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The largest and best reproductive males are systematically culled for their trophies even during the bellowing period. Result: these males are not seen any more and the younger ones hesitate to come down in the Pyrenean valleys to join the females; this is what&#8217;s left to admire&#8230; A sad situation.<\/p>\n<p>As the wild boar, this species became nocturnal under hunting pressure. Deers come out only late in the evening, particularly in this region of Pyrenees where the large males carrying the most magnificent &#8220;trophies&#8221; are hunted down even during the squall period, from the 20th of sept. to the 10th of oct. more or less.<\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_73200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\">\n<p class=\"none\">\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73200 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"825\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">\n<p class=\"none\">Pyrenean deer<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Comme le sanglier, l&#8217;esp&egrave;ce est devenue cr&eacute;pusculaire et nocturne sous la pression de la chasse. Les cerfs ne sortent que tard dans la soir&eacute;e, particuli&egrave;rement dans cette r&eacute;gion des Pyr&eacute;n&eacute;es o&ugrave; les grands m&acirc;les portant les plus beaux &#8220;troph&eacute;es&#8221; sont chass&eacute;s&#8230;. m&ecirc;me et surtout pendant la p&eacute;riode du brame.<\/p>\n<p>If you type deer, hunting, trophy, squall on the Net you will be horrified and you will even get the prices to kill a doe, a male deer or even the 2 together while the websites praise at length the beauty of the Pyrenean decor in which it is easy to massacre these animals without any discernment: the most appreciated are the males with the largest antlers and consequently are the best breeders.<\/p>\n<p>Si vous tapez cerf, chasse, troph&eacute;e, brame sur le Net vous serez &eacute;difi&eacute;s et vous aurez m&ecirc;me les prix pour tuer une biche, un cerf ou m&ecirc;me les 2 &agrave; la fois tout en vantant le merveilleux d&eacute;cor pyr&eacute;n&eacute;en dans lequel il est facile de massacrer ces animaux sans aucun discernement: les plus pris&eacute;s sont les plus beaux et plus grands m&acirc;les et par cons&eacute;quence les meilleurs reproducteurs.<\/p>\n<p>I repeat myself but it is my own way of protesting against the practices of unscrupulous organizers exploiting this species ONLY to make money by death. The instinct to kill has become primitive nowadays&#8230; it is possible to interest people in wildlife photography or in the observations in the environment,even if it means building some chargeable huts or hides.<\/p>\n<p>Je me r&eacute;p&egrave;te mais c&#8217;est ma fa&ccedil;on &agrave; moi de protester contre les organisateurs de ces pratiques qui n&#8217;exploitent ces animaux QUE pour faire de l&#8217;argent par leur mort. L&#8217;instinct de tuer est devenu primitif de nos jours alors qu&#8217;il y a moyen d&#8217;int&eacute;resser les gens &agrave; la chasse photographique ou &agrave; des observations dans leur environnement naturel, quitte &agrave; faire quelques huttes d&#8217;aff&ucirc;ts &#8211; payantes s&#8217;il le faut.<\/p>\n<p>Roman circus games have been over for long &#8230; Just like bullfighting, taking anadrenalin shot can be done differently than by the killing&#8230; Some toreadors now get their thrills by jumping over the animal without killing it. The adrenalin will always be there if you exchange your rifle for a camera and the observation is more enriching than to press on a trigger and cut violently the life to such a beautiful animal. I would like to think that human beings will know how to evolve towards a more thoughtful and moderate management, driven not by the desire to kill but by the desire to control quotas wisely and with the respect due to the Living World.<\/p>\n<p>Les jeux du cirques datent&#8230; Au m&ecirc;me titre que la tauromachie, prendre une dose d&#8217;adr&eacute;naline peut se faire autrement que par la mise &agrave; mort&#8230; Certains tor&eacute;adors &agrave; pr&eacute;sent se donnent le grand frisson en sautant par-dessus l&#8217;animal sans le tuer. L&#8217;adr&eacute;naline sera toujours au rendez-vous si vous troquez votre fusil pour un appareil de photos et l&#8217;observation est bien plus enrichissante que d&#8217;appuyer sur une g&acirc;chette et de trancher violemment la vie &agrave; un si bel animal.<\/p>\n<p>J&#8217;aimerais penser que l&#8217;&ecirc;tre humain saura &eacute;voluer vers une gestion de la nature plus r&eacute;fl&eacute;chie, mesur&eacute;e, mue non par l&#8217;envie de tuer mais par celle de contr&ocirc;ler les quotas intelligemment et avec le respect d&ucirc; au monde du vivant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-73201\" title=\"Brocket in its second year\">\n<p class=\"none\">\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73199 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4090.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"825\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_73201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\">\n<p class=\"none\">\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73201 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4117.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"825\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">\n<p class=\"none\">Brocket in its second year<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"size-medium wp-image-73201\" title=\"Brocket in its second year\">\n<p class=\"none\">\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73202 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4121.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"825\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The largest and best reproductive males are systematically culled for their trophies even during the bellowing period. Result: these males are not seen any more and the younger ones hesitate to come down in the Pyrenean valleys to join the females; this is what&#8217;s left to admire&#8230; A sad situation. As the wild boar, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":2195477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Cerf-D7100-4099.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6984,5],"tags":[72,2407,2571,6653,2707],"class_list":["post-73196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-wildlife","tag-deer","tag-france","tag-noushka","tag-pyrenees","tag-stag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2195477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}