That he is of the opinion that in the Bavarian Alps and in the Oberland you have to decide between the wolf on the one hand and alpine farming, livestock farming and cultural landscape on the other, the Garmisch-Partenkirchner District Administrator Anton Speer (FW) has not said it for months kept behind the mountain. Speer has now submitted a long-prepared application for the shooting of all wolves living in the district now and in the future and personally delivered this letter to the government of Upper Bavaria last Thursday.
The part-time farmer Speer is supporting the demands of many alpine farmers, sheep breeders and cattle farmers in the district in view of some livestock deaths in recent months. According to Speer, there are now four wolves living there who could eventually have offspring and form a pack. The State Office for the Environment, on the other hand, counted three wolves and so far has not classified any as local.
While alpine farmers’ representatives also spoke out in favor of possible killings on Wednesday, conservationists emphasized the strict protection status of wolves. At the beginning of 2022, the government of Upper Bavaria approved an application by the Traunstein district administrator Siegfried Walch (CSU) to shoot a single wolf, which, in contrast to the animals in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, had demonstrably roamed through towns. The Bund Naturschutz had obtained an urgent court decision against it. The further legal dispute was settled because the animal was later run over by a car in the Czech Republic.