– The government of Lower Franconia has approved the shooting of two wolves and justified the step with the protection of farm animals.
The government of Lower Franconia has approved the shooting of two wolves. “The decision is aimed at preventing further killing of sheep and lambs by these wolves,” the authority announced on Friday in Würzburg. The sheep herds in the Rhön are of great importance for the protection of the naturally occurring flora and fauna there.
The special permit to kill the wolves, which are otherwise under protection, is limited to November 9th and is valid in the Lange Rhön nature reserve and in adjacent areas. Special measures are intended to ensure that only the two wolves that have already killed animals are shot and no other wolves are shot.
The authority currently also has applications to shoot a wolf in the districts of Aschaffenburg, Main-Spessart and Bad Kissingen. In this case, the district government came to the conclusion that the conditions for shooting were not met in these regions. “There is currently no risk of a recurrence of livestock being killed in these areas,” it said.
A wolf ordinance has been in effect in Bavaria since May 1st, making it easier to shoot wolves. The wolf is actually still strictly protected under European and German law. The Association for Nature Conservation in Bavaria (BN) is suing against the state regulation.
Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) is also currently preparing a regulation to enable faster shooting of individual wolves in Germany. Shepherds and other livestock farmers in particular are demanding that the wolf population in the Federal Republic be reduced.
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