Video clips of bird trapping in France

A stone age bird trapping method has survived for centuries in the French Central Massif - stone crush traps, in French ‘tendelles’. They were banned for over 100 years but the authorities were never able to stem the continuous poaching using these traps. The situation changed in 2005 as France simply legalised the practice again after an interlude of a century. Overnight the poachers became the custodians of a ‘traditional hunting method’!

In Val du Aisne - located in the heart of the Champagne region in Northern France, bird trappers still today lie in wait with huge clap nets for migrating Northern Lapwing and Golden Plover .
The scandal is recorded in this video clip: