Radio silence. The prefecture of Lot-et-Garonne “does not communicate on the subject”, visibly sensitive. As much, then, to speak of “the Woody affair”, from the name of this small wild boar seized by the French Office…
Radio silence. The prefecture of Lot-et-Garonne “does not communicate on the subject”, visibly sensitive. So much, then, to talk about “the Woody affair”, from the name of this small wild boar seized by the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB), Thursday January 13, at the home of Véronique Consolo.
This resident of Lédat, near Villeneuve, had collected him in his garden, only a few days old, and then fed him for months. His file aimed at regularizing the situation of the wild animal and obtaining custody of it, filed with the Departmental Directorate of Employment, Labor, Solidarity and Protection of the Populations of Lot-et-Garonne (DDETSPP) , was rejected.
The summary, filed on January 13 by Me Louis de Redon, had changed nothing, plunging Véronique Consolo into deep sadness and ignorance as to the point of fall of her little protege.
big pressure
Contacted by phone this Wednesday, January 19, this 52-year-old woman had a little something different in her voice. “I have found the hope that I had lost,” she explains after receiving a letter from the prefectural services, the content of which she does not want to reveal.
“I’m waiting for the latest news from my lawyer but, whatever happens, he has to come back. “The hypothesis of a return, temporary or definitive, of Woody at Véronique Consolo therefore takes on thickness. If it is not confirmed, it would suggest that errors of assessment may have been made. Or that the pressure around this file has not been in vain.
The “resistance”, in fact, was organized. The “Save Woody” online petition surpasses 63,000 signatures. It is rumored that the influential Bardot Foundation has taken over the file. A call to saturate the mailbox of the prefecture had also been launched by the committed singer Kreezy-K to her 103,000 followers on Facebook and a demonstration is preparing, Monday, January 24, near the administrative court of Bordeaux. The summary must be judged there.