At this time of year, most French law students are preparing to return to their faculties with the country’s 3,034-page penal code under their arms. Johanna Clermont, who is studying for a master’s degree at Perpignan university, southern France, will not be among them, though. With the hunting season getting under way in her native Pyrenean mountains, she will be far too busy trying to kill deer, boars and wild mouflon sheep to attend any lectures or tutorials. Clermont has good reasons to favour shooting over studying. Hunting may have been a teenage hobby for her at first, but it has turned into a full-time activity that has brought her celebrity in France and an income that many lawyers would envy, albeit with a steady

Source: The Times September 02, 2020 16:18 UTC