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The Minister of the Environment said that “a very significant part” of the 540 animals slaughtered in Herdade Torre Bela, in Azambuja, “or even all of them, were taken to Spain”, and he believes that deer and wild boar have been taken for the consumption. João Pedro Matos Fernandes also said that “there is no relationship” between hunting and the construction of a photovoltaic plant in that place.
“What we do know is that a very important part, or even the whole, was taken to Spain,” said João Pedro Matos Fernandes, in statements to TSF. The minister also said Tuesday that he gave the order to immediately revoke Quinta da Azambuja’s hunting license, after “bragging about a vile act.”
The minister said that “there is no relationship” between the hunt that resulted in the sacrifice of 540 animals in Herdade Torre Bela, in Azambuja, and the construction of a photovoltaic plant there.
“It is not possible to build a photovoltaic plant in a space where there are large animals, but there is no relationship between that and the slaughter that took place last week,” said João Pedro Matos Fernandes, who addressed journalists on the sidelines of a visit to the works of the intervention plan “Mondego Mais Seguro”, in Montemor-o-Velho.
The Minister of Environment and Climate Action stressed that the company that won the tender to build the plant “has already come to condemn this massacre.”
“Is there any relationship between the installation of the plant and the slaughter perpetrated by 16 hunters? I cannot find any. The public consultation on the environmental impact study is underway [da construção da central], who proposes that the animals be removed from there, giving an example of a place where they can be removed, ”he added, emphasizing that the study is presented by the promoter of the work.
When questioned by journalists, João Pedro Matos Fernandes said he has “no reason to think that there was collusion” between the company and the hunters.
“Whoever builds the photovoltaic plant has no right. As long as there is no environmental impact study statement, you do not have that right. [de usar o terreno]. Whoever did what they did has no doubts: it is a joint between landowners who are not going to manufacture the photovoltaic plant, which they [a caçada] and the 16 hunters there were, ”the minister stressed.
On Tuesday, the Portuguese Hunting Federation (Fencaça) condemned the slaughter of 540 animals in Herdade Torre Bela, in the municipality of Azambuja, adding that the hunting had been carried out to build a photovoltaic plant there.
The Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) has already announced that it will suspend the license of the Torre Bela Hunting Area, with immediate effect, and that it has submitted a crime report against the preservation of fauna to the Public Ministry.
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