By Editorial staff La Roche-sur-Yon
Published on 19 Jan 21 at 16:57
Monday, January 18, 2021, between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., a battered was organized by hunters to dislodge boars present in the sectors of La Petite Rochette and Beautiful View from Bourg, in La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée).
Of animals causing damage in this area, and in the nearby cemetery.
This Monday morning, it was the excitement in the street Olof Palme of Bourg-sous-la-Roche.
About fifteen vehicles were parked near the old concrete factory and police motorcyclists warned of possible animal crossings.
“No doubt a beat! I saw plenty of traces of wild boar under the oaks towards the quarry, ”notes a neighbor of the dead end André Billet, while many barks are heard.
Wild boars were harmful
Indeed, policemen motorcyclists from La Roche-sur-Yon lent their assistance to the Federation of hunters of the Vendée for this delicate operation.
For several months, wild boars have been observed in peri-urban areas, in La Roche-sur-Yon. Suidae take advantage of calm areas and thickets in homes to rest during the day, and then come out at night in crops or on meadows. They eat the acorns of oak trees and scour the earth for worms.
He added: “We also had more and more collisions coming back. “
For Sébastien Farau, “the situation was no longer tenable. “
35 hunters mobilized
30 to 35 hunters and many dogs were mobilized for the occasion.
A few bow hunters were stationed in areas where bullet shooting did not provide sufficient security.
In a statement posted on Facebook, the Vendée police explained:
The mission of the police, positioned at the intersection of Olof Palme and Georges Mazurelle streets, was to avoid collisions of fleeing animals with motorists traveling on these tracks.
Six wild boars killed
A company of twenty wild boars was raised, six were taken.
Six to ten were seen elsewhere, and some were probably left in the thickets, which could not be pushed by the dogs. There would be a total of 35 to 40 animals.
Soon a second operation?
“It will probably be necessary to take another action in the coming weeks,” warns the president of the Hunting Federation.
