A wolf scout killed a dog during preventive shooting this Saturday, November 9. The animal's owner now wants to change the regulations to prevent other cases from happening again.
A 270 caliber Winchester SPRG Accubond bullet. This is what probably killed Charly around 7 p.m. last Saturday, November 9, a half-moon night, without fog, on the lovers' route, a 10-minute walk from the first homes of Saint-Veran.
11 days after the nightmare, Charly's mistress, Roxane, 32, still can't believe it: “I can't understand, it's impossible that it happened in these conditions, it's a open place without trees, how have I not been seen next to my dog?”
The Louveterie lieutenant under administrative investigation assures him that he did not see Roxane, who nevertheless remembers being only 5 meters behind Charly at the time of the shooting. A mystery among others such as the timestamp of a video provided by the state agent to investigators which would be inconsistent, the possible absence of a flock of sheep since Roxane did not see it, the proximity of Charly at less than 100 meters but also the use, when shooting, of a thermal scope which normally allows the target to be precisely identified.
A petition to change the regulations
With its 2,230 signatures in one week, a petition, posted online on November 14, continues to be widely shared. His goal? Encourage the State to systematically warn residents of rogue interventions to avoid a new tragedy. This petition is addressed to the attention of the prefecture since its author recalls that “the lieutenants of louveterie exercise their functions within the framework of execution of administrative actions ordered by the Prefect or the Mayor”.
For Roxane, it is inconceivable that shootings would be authorized in circumstances as dangerous as those of the evening of November 9: “It was a three-day weekend, it was a Saturday evening, there could have been tourists, people on vacation, we should at least be informed to make the conscious choice of taking a risk or not.”
Pending the results of the administrative investigation, the lieutenant of louveterie was dismissed from his duties. Contacted, the prefect of Hautes-Alpes assured that he wanted to shed light on the event to “learn lessons from this accident so that such an event does not happen again”.
