If a wolf kills many farm animals, it should be easier to shoot down in the future. According to a media report, Environment Minister Lemke wants that. Concrete proposals should be available by the end of the month.
According to a newspaper report, Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke wants to make it easier to kill wolves and thus better protect grazing animals such as sheep. “It must be possible to shoot down wolves after cracks more quickly and with less bureaucracy,” said the Green politician to the “Welt”.
More than 50 dead sheep after attack
“When dozens of sheep are killed and lie dead on the pasture, it’s a tragedy for every grazer and a huge burden for those affected. That’s why they need more support and security.” At the end of September she wants to present concrete proposals.
In the district of Stade in Lower Saxony, almost two weeks ago, 55 sheep were killed or fatally injured in a suspected wolf attack. The district hunters of the Stade district assume that a whole pack of wolves hunted the sheep. The shepherd’s herd, which consists of more than 100 animals, is said to be surrounded by a wolf-repellent protective fence. It is still unclear how one or more wolves have overcome this.
topic in coalition agreement
The FDP had previously spoken out in the traffic light coalition in favor of far-reaching regulations to protect grazing animals from wolves. In the coalition agreement, the SPD, the Greens and the FDP agreed to organize the coexistence of grazing animals, humans and wolves so well “that as few conflicts as possible occur despite the increasing wolf population”. It is important to start doing now, FDP parliamentary group leader Carina Konrad said last Tuesday.
The “Welt” quoted from a position paper by the FDP’s agricultural and forestry policy spokesman in the federal and state governments, in which they called for “a modern way of dealing with the wolf”. The “leeway afforded by European legislation” must be used “to reduce the number of wolves in Germany to an ecologically, economically and socially acceptable level”.
In Germany, the federal states are responsible for wolf management, but the wolf is strictly protected by international and national laws and has the highest possible protection status.
Because wants to relax EU rules
Lower Saxony’s head of government, Stephan Weil, says he now wants to work at EU level to make the hunt for vicious wolves easier. “Our goal is to point out in Brussels that the European rules must not be so rigid that they block the urgently needed regional solutions,” he told the “Welt”.