{"id":756279,"date":"2019-02-21T10:05:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756279"},"modified":"2019-02-21T10:05:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:05:13","slug":"hunters-shoot-at-french-vegan-animal-rights-protesters-who-stepped-in-to-save-a-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756279","title":{"rendered":"Hunters shoot at French vegan animal rights protesters who stepped in to save a deer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>At one point gunshots can be heard in the footage before one of the activists shouts 'he is firing at us with a rifle', then with the animal having died of exhaustion. 'It's dead. It's dead,' one of them says.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JULIAN ROBINSON:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Hunters shot at vegan animal rights activists as they tried to save a stag (deer) in France. The clip, filmed in Castelnau-de-Montmiral in southern France&#8217;s Tarn department, shows campaigners trying to put themselves between the exhausted animal and a pack of dogs. At one point gunshots can be heard in the footage before one of the activists shouts &#8216;he is firing at us with a rifle, the b*****d!&#8217; Amid tense scenes, a male voice can then be heard shouting in French: &#8216;The first who comes near is dead!&#8217; The clip then shows protesters standing over the stag, with the animal having apparently died of exhaustion. &#8216;It&#8217;s dead. It&#8217;s dead,&#8217; one of them says.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The footage, posted online by French comedian and animal activist Remi Gaillard, starts with someone shouting: &#8216;There&#8217;s the deer! There it is!&#8217; Dogs can be heard barking in the background as the activists run to try to catch up with the stag shouting &#8216;No! No! No!&#8217;&#8230; Many have taken to social media to share their opinion of the video after Gaillard shared it on Twitter. 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