Hunting banned in parts of Austria after huge hailstones kill 90% of wild game

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Pastor Dale Morgan

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Oct 19, 2009, 10:37:33 PM10/19/09
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Hunting banned in parts of Austria after huge hailstones kill 90% of
wild game*

Hunting has been banned in parts of Austria after horrendous freak
storms with tennis ball-sized hailstones killed up to 90 per cent of the
wild game population.

Published: 10:36PM BST 19 Oct 2009

Hundreds of deer were discovered either dead or so badly injured they
had to be put down by wildlife experts.

In the country's rural Salzburg province, 90 per cent of pheasants and
80 per cent of hares were killed in the hail storms.

Sepp Eder, the hunting chief, said : "Animals sought shelter in farms,
in fields of grain but the hail was so heavy it smashed right into them.
It may take five years for animal numbers to recover, if they ever do so."

Farmers are believed to have suffered more than £60 million in damages
to crops and buildings.

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