Overview
- The Muséum national d'histoire naturelle reports in Biological Conservation that mass elimination of ESOD-listed species does not reduce reported economic damages.
- Using 2015–2022 public data, the study finds that increasing culls failed to cut damage claims, and stopping them did not cause claims to rise.
- Researchers estimate annual control costs at €103–€123 million, compared with €8–€23 million in declared damages.
- About 1.7 million foxes, mustelids and corvids are killed each year under the ESOD regime, yet breeding populations for several listed birds did not decline.
- Administrative and legal scrutiny has mounted, including a late-2024 inspectorate call for reform and a 13 May 2025 Conseil d'État request to remove the pine marten from the list.