The song ends with this verse: "When friends are here, there is fine wine, but if the jackal comes, what greets it is the hunting rifle" -- the jackal being the U.S.

An image of a polar bear on a sign warns visitors never to leave the settlements unarmed, and recommends a high-powered hunting rifle as an appropriate weapon for self defence.

But the critics themselves faced criticism Tuesday after 52-year-old top chef Bernard Loiseau was found shot dead in his home on Monday afternoon, his own hunting rifle at his side.