Nearly seventy mountain bikers gathered this Sunday, October 21 in Grenoble. "All visible, all together! "This was the motto of this gathering that follows the death on Saturday, October 13, Mark Sutton, a 34-year-old restaurateur killed by a hunter while practicing the ATV. Their claim? Say "stop hunting Sunday! "
At the stroke of 10 o'clock this Sunday, October 21, nearly seventy mountain bikers almost all dressed in yellow reflective vests gathered near the fountain of the Place Grenoble recently refreshed. The reason for this gathering? The call of Florent Benzie, the organizer, posted a few days earlier on the social network Facebook.
A call in the form of a password. "All visible, all together" launched just after the death of Mark Sutton, a 34-year-old restaurant owner from Wales. The latter was accidentally killed by a hunter on Saturday, October 13 while he was practicing mountain biking.
"If they do not want to let go on Sunday, we will continue the rallies"
The objectives of this grouping? On the one hand, saying "Stop hunting Sunday," very clearly indicates a banner. But also show that hunting areas near cities are frequented by more and more people, and that "these natural areas must be shared safely". However, nothing that could look like a declaration of war on hunters, Florent Benzie defends it.
"We just want to be able to ride safely without the hunters. If they do not want to leave Sunday, we will continue the rallies. "says the young mountain biker. That temper and does not exclude the possibility of meeting the federations and associations of hunters to make progress.
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