Published: Friday, November 15, 2024 12:32 p.m
Animal owners in the Wesel district could benefit from the state government’s plans. She wants to better protect herds and release wolves for shooting more quickly.
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Herd protection in North Rhine-Westphalia is to be improved. For this purpose, the whole of North Rhine-Westphalia could be declared a wolf area. In addition, the black-green state government wants to expand corresponding funding, according to a current application. This means that in the event of a tear caused by a wolf, compensation could also be paid if, among other things, herding dogs were killed. The government also wants to release problem wolves for shooting more quickly. The EU wants to downgrade the protection status of the wolf from “strictly protected” to “protected” anyway.
The opposition is divided
Rene Schneider from the SPD in Kamp Lintfort sees the proposal as progress. The FDP, on the other hand, criticizes the fact that more money for the owners does not help in the long term. Instead he has to It is said that wolves should be included in hunting law so that grazing livestock owners can finally sleep in peace again. The EU states want to downgrade the protection status of the wolf from “strictly protected” to “protected” anyway.
