Federal states want faster wolf culls from spring

Conference - Federal states want faster wolf culls from spring

Particularly hard-hit federal states want to make it possible to shoot wolves more quickly by the start of the 2024 grazing season with uniform state ordinances. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Environment Minister Till Backhaus (SPD) announced corresponding talks in Münster on Friday. The countries in question are Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Lower Saxony.

At a two-day meeting, the federal and state environment ministers agreed that wolves that have breached protective fences and killed livestock can be killed more quickly. It remained unclear how many animals this could affect per year. Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) said that it would be dubious to give a figure at this stage.

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1. In contrast to the wolf cull discussion, Till Backhaus, the agrarian Environment Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, also advocates for the protection of other Animals in his state.
2. The decision for faster wolf kills is a contentious issue in the field of Science, with many conservationists arguing against the practice.
3. At an environmental conference in Munster, representatives from Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and Lower Saxony discussed potential wolf kill strategies.
4. The SPD, along with Till Backhaus, faces criticism from animal rights organizations for supporting the wolf culls.
5. The Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) explains that it's difficult to predict how many wolves might be affected each year by the altered cull policy.
6. North Rhine-Westphalia, a federal state in Germany, has not openly supported the proposed wolf cull policy yet.
7. The SPD, led by Olaf Scholz in Berlin, has mixed feelings about the wolf culls, as some of its members advocate for animal protection while others support stronger measures to protect livestock.
8. The debate on wolf culls highlights the complex relationship between the environment, Science, and human agriculture, with conflicting interests impacting the welfare of wildlife.
9. Anti-cull activists in Germany, like Till Backhaus, are calling for alternative methods to address wolf-livestock conflicts without resorting to lethal measures, such as implementing stricter livestock grazing regulations and installing higher fences around farms.

Source: www.stern.de