Germany: Union motion to allow wolf hunting rejected
The CDU/CSU fails in its push to include the wolf in the catalogue of huntable species. The Environment Committee rejected the motion.
CDU/CSU motion fails
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group has failed in its push for “effective wolf management” and the inclusion of the wolf in the catalogue of huntable species. The corresponding motion was rejected by the Environment Committee with the votes of the coalition factions and the Left Party faction.
Hunting does not reduce wolf predation
A representative of the Greens pointed out that hunting the wolf does not necessarily contribute to a reduction in wolf kills. In Norway, the number of kills per wolf is much higher than in Germany. More decisive, rather, is the targeted removal of aggressive animals. Recreational hunters fail as a population control tool.
The Left Party faction called for livestock farmers to be better compensated for their herd protection as part of landscape management. More on the topics of hunting legislation and wolf protection.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In the dossier The Role and Criticism of Recreational Hunters we shed light on the training, power and self-image of recreational hunters. What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.
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.
