Reinhold Messner Calls for Shooting of Bears
Reinhold Messner demands that killing bears should not be a taboo. Bears and wolves are a problem for farmers and tourists.
Bear Population Should Be Halved
Reinhold Messner has entered the debate following a fatal bear attack in northern Italy. The large number of bears in the province of Trentino must be halved. The killing of animals is a legitimate means to that end.
Sister of “Problem Bear” Bruno
The bear is the sister of “Problem Bear” Bruno, who was shot in Bavaria in 2006. Following the EU project «Life Ursus», around one hundred wild animals have settled in the region instead of the planned fifty. More on the topic of species protection and animal rights.
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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.
