Austria and Switzerland: Barriers to Wolf Culling Lowered
In Austria and Switzerland, the wolf — strictly protected under EU law — is increasingly coming under fire.
New Shooting Regulations
In Austria, a regulation permits wolves to be shot that are held responsible for attacks on livestock. In Switzerland as well, a new hunting ordinance came into force on 1 July with lower damage thresholds.
Livestock protection works
In Valais, attacks dropped by 55%, in Grisons by 80%. “The culls by no means replace the need for livestock protection,” says the Austrian Centre Bear-Wolf-Lynx. Recreational hunting fails as a population control measure. More on the topic of wolf protection.
Dossier: Wolf in Switzerland: Facts, Politics and the Limits of Hunting
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: 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.
