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He described the Louisiana Philharmonic as “part of the cultural fabric of New Orleans and Louisiana” and said that he’s “grateful for the LPO’s trust.”

The LPO hailed the ruling as the culmination of a long fight.

Last year, LPO activists found a dead kestrel, its wings gummed with glue.

The LPO will keep fighting what it considers an anachronistic barbarity, he says.

The LPO claims French hunters kill an estimated 17 million birds every year – more than any other country – from 64 species.