Animal abuser pursues wolves and is convicted
The video makes it clear that the wolves suffered harm as a result of the chase.
A motorist had chased a pack of wolves over several kilometres at a speed of 50 kilometres per hour and threatened to “slaughter” them once he “caught” them.
6,000 euro fine for animal cruelty
For this reason, Luca Ghedina, brother of former Italian ski champion Kristian Ghedina, was convicted of animal cruelty.The animal abuser has now been sentenced by the court to pay a fine of 6,000 euros.
Victory for animal welfare advocates
«This is a very important victory», says Carla Rocchi, the national president of Enpa. «They were forced by their pursuer to run more than two kilometres at 50 kilometres per hour, which consumed a great deal of energy at an already unfavourable time of year.»
Better to switch off the lights
Enpa has always called on farmers to take every possible measure to protect their animals.Such behaviour is not only unacceptable in terms of respect for the dignity of animals, but also dangerous for those who carry it out.
The man would have done well to stop safely, perhaps switch off his lights for a few moments, and then drive on again calmly — so ruled the court.
More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier Poaching and hunting crime in Switzerland we document cases, legal questions and recurring patterns. The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
