Russia’s Nature Watchdog Won’t Probe Into Royal Hunt
Federal Service for Supervising Natural Resources, Rosprirodnadzor, announced Monday it “sees no reasons” for investigating into the Irkutsk Region’s hunting of Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The recent tour of Prince Albert II of Monaco to the Lake Baikal gave rise to a scandal. Greenpeace Russia went to the Prosecutor General Office, urging it to check why Prince Albert II and Russia’s President’s Envoy to Siberian Federal District Anatoly Kvashnin hunted for the Siberian stags, though the hunting season for them haven’t been opened yet.
“It was hunting with a camera gun,” Irkutsk Region’s authorities rebuffed, while Rosprirodnadzor promised to probe into complaints of the nature defenders.
But the environmental watchdog of Russia apparently thought different yesterday. The Prince “is generally regarded sufficiently advanced in terms of ecology, he has set up an environmental fund this year,” said Rosprirodnadzor Deputy Chief Oleg Mitvol. According to Mitvol, the fact that Albert II could have hunted for the Siberian stags “is open to question, as the hunting season for this beast hasn’t been opened yet.”
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