Word: corsicans
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...exotic corsican ram trotting about the 100-yard-long pen in central Pennsylvania paid little mind to the men approaching across the field. People were always walking in and out of the pen, as often as not with food for the flock. So the ram didn't resist when the men drove all the animals toward one end of the enclosure. It was only when the first arrow--fired from just yards away--struck it in the haunch that it realized something was up. The ram hobbled off and was struck by a second arrow, then a third. It stood...
...slaughter is precisely the way canned-hunt foes frame the practice, and the killing of the Corsican ram is not the only horror they point to. The Humane Society of the United States tells stories of its own: the declawed black leopard that was released from a crate, chased by dogs and shot as it hid under a truck; the domesticated tiger that lounged under a tree and watched a hunter approach, only to be shot as it sat. "Canned hunts are an embarrassment," says California Representative Sam Farr, sponsor of the House bill...
...Still, given the beneficial effects of decentralization, Jospin and other candidates preparing to challenge President Jacques Chirac in next spring's elections now champion acceleration. François Bayrou, president of the centrist Union of French Democracy Party, argues that the Corsican bill will further foster devolution. "Decisions must be taken locally, close to citizens," says Bayrou, "and not just in their name from Paris...
...Corsican bill still has a long way to go to become law. The draft must pass the upper house of Parliament before facing the Conseil Constitutionnel - the guardian of France's Jacobin constitution. Corsican nationalists may also prove uncooperative if, as leader Jean-Guy Talamoni warns, the bill "isn't a modest start to what must be a much deeper, wider reform...
...clean start for Corsica could prove disastrous. It would be a travesty of the bill's intent if nationalists ended up sharing power on the island while still supporting more radical underground groups accused of perpetrating violence and crime. That would likely provoke a get-tough reversal of Corsican policy by Paris - and derail projects to speed devolution to other regions...