The Rotten Apple in St. Gallen's Wildlife Management Administration

Shooting Permit for Three Wolf Pups

The canton of St. Gallen has issued a shooting permit for three of the six wolf pups of the Calfeisental pack.

On the Alp Gafarra in the Weisstannental, more than eight sheep were killed or had to be put down due to serious injuries following wolf attacks during the current alpine summer. The attacks occurred because the alp is still insufficiently protected with fences and livestock guardian dogs on Alp Gafarra cannot therefore be spoken of.

Why is every Tom, Dick and Harry allowed to park sheep, goats, etc. in the Alps and spread out across what is essentially wildlife territory? Over 200’000 sheep are carted into the mountains every year for a few months, costing taxpayers tens of millions of francs in subsidies.

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Innocent young animals instead of those causing damage

Why should a pack be trained to fear humans when they have done nothing to people whatsoever?Wolves are inherently shy of humans. Logically, it is herd protection measures that should be put to the test — not wolves being slaughtered in a populist manner.

It has long been established in the literature among experts worldwide that culling can have no “educational” effect on wolves whatsoever. That is not how science works! Such amateurish conduct is far closer to poaching than to expertise.

Wolf strictly protected throughout Europe

Wolf protection must not be weakened in Switzerland. This was decided by voters in autumn 2020. Yet the responsible Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU) appears to care as little about the will of the people as the Federal Council does.

Department head lies to the public

In the context of animal welfare work, the unscrupulous hobby hunter and head of the hunting department in St. Gallen, Simon Meier, deliberately and publicly misleads the population, falsely implying that the Swiss Animal Protection (STS) condones behaviour of his kind.

A lie: The Swiss Animal Protection (STS) has published a position paper expressing its view on the training and deployment of hunting dogs in Switzerland — namely, nothing whatsoever in favour of it (with the exception of tracking wounded game).

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