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The criminal complaint was filed against the company “Monteros de la Cabra” and its manager, Mariano Morales, and against unknown persons, through the lawyer Alexandre Monta Pinto, says the entity in a statement now released.
The online newspaper The fundamental revealed a week ago that 540 animals, mostly deer and wild boar, had been slaughtered on a mountain in recent days in Herdade da Torre Bela, in Azambuja, a municipality north of Lisbon.
After the hunt became known, including photographs of the dead animals, the Nature Conservation Institute opened a process to investigate “the facts and possible illicit acts” related to the slaughter of the animals and suspended the license for the Torre Bela Hunting Zone, presenting a crime against the conservation of fauna to the Public Ministry.
This Monday, the Public Ministry revealed that it opened a criminal investigation to mount. “Confirmation of the opening of an investigation that runs according to the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action of Lisbon Norte (Alenquer)”Reported the Attorney General’s Office.
Herdade had already, in a statement, affirming that it had no responsibility for what happened and repudiated the “illegitimate” way in which a set-up was carried out on his property, stating that he considered recourse to justice as compensation for the damage caused.
In the new statement now released, it is stated that Herdade da Torre Bela was “the only entity seriously damaged, in its heritage and reputation” by the realization of the “illegitimate and abusive mountain” on December 17.
“Now it is absolutely evident that this hunt occurred in unequivocal violation of the acquired hunting rights and exceeding the limits agreed by contract with the hunt operator, limits established by the Hunting Tourist Area in accordance with the license and the management plan approved and was in force on the date”, Affirmed-se not communicated.
Herdade da Torre Bela reiterates in the statement that the hunt in question “is not related to any other possible activity of the Herdade and that of its owners.”
Consequences
When the hunt was announced, the Minister of the Environment, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, repudiated the killing of animals, admitting a revision of the Hunting Law, that is, with respect to the mountains.
On the 23rd, the Ministry of the Environment announced the “immediate suspension” of the environmental impact assessment of the Herdade da Torre Bela photovoltaic plant project.
The order signed by Minister Matos Fernandes determines the “immediate suspension of the environmental impact assessment procedure, including public consultation, regarding the photovoltaic plants in lot 18 of the solar auction of July 2019, considering that the photovoltaic plants before mentioned are within the Fifth “. Torre Bela, where a mountain occurred during which more than 500 animals were sacrificed, events that led to communication to the Public Ministry.
The companies promoting the photovoltaic solar energy parks designed for Herdade da Torre Bela assured that they had “no relationship” with the sacrifice of 540 animals in a forest.
