The Vienna Hunting Federation could well find itself in a complicated financial situation. It must compensate farmers for damage caused in open fields by big game, particularly wild boar. “The bill will be more than a million euros, believes Michel Cuau, the president of the Federation, guest of France Bleu this Friday, September 2. Whereas last year, we were at 800,000 euros.”
That doesn’t mean that we haven’t killed enough wild boars, we are criticized for killing too many!” Michel Cuau
The area of damage is no more extensive than in 2021, but this increase is a direct consequence of cereal price inflation. “I don’t know if it’s related to the war in Ukraine or speculators on all sides, but prices have doubled, and we will be hit hard.” Michel Cuau refuses for the moment to talk about the increase in the contribution for the 12,000 members. “Before thinking of the worst, we ask the authorities to think about a solution.”
He recalls that hunters can intervene on 65% of the territory, but pay compensation for the entire department of Vienne.