Federal Environment Minister Lemke wants to take more action against “problem wolves” and calls for more kills. You have to keep the balance between nature conservation and grazing animal protection, she said in a newspaper interview.
In the often heated discussion about wild wolves in Germany, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke called for more “problem wolves” to be shot down.
“It is possible to shoot down wolves that have learned to climb higher fences or get too close to people and can be carried out by the federal states in accordance with the law. This possibility should be used more in the future,” said the Green politician in an interview the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” (NOZ).
legal certainty create
The necessary procedures are to be adapted accordingly so that they “function less bureaucratically and more practically”. Shots are necessary for “acceptance to protect the wolf”. Everyone involved must have legal certainty if a shooting license is granted.
Lemke also wants to calm the discussions about the wolf – through more help with wolf cracks: In Saxony-Anhalt there are compensation payments for farmers and shepherds as well as support for pasture protection. “As a result, the discussions there are now much more objective and constructive. I hope that we can do that well everywhere.”
live with wolf
You have to learn to live with wolves again. “If we as humans claim that we are the only ones who are allowed to take advantage of nature on this planet, then it will be very, very lonely for us,” Lemke told the “NOZ”.
Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) announced on Thursday that he wanted to raise the issue of wolves at the next prime ministers’ conference. “I’m sure there are a number of colleagues from other countries, especially from East Germany, who have at least as much pressure here as we do here.”