Livestock protection works: Wolves kill fewer farm animals
Livestock protection measures are paying off: In Graubünden and Valais, fewer farm animals were killed by wolves in the first half of 2023 than in the previous year.
Fewer kills despite more wolves
In the canton of Valais, 55% fewer farm animals were killed than in the previous year. In Graubünden, kills were down by as much as 80%. The federally funded livestock protection measures.
Livestock protection pays off
More wolves do not automatically cause more damage, as figures from Gruppe Wolf Schweiz show. Wolf-proof fencing and livestock guardian dogs are decisive. Recreational hunting fails as a population control measure. More on the topic of wolf protection, hunting legislation and Switzerland.
Dossier: The wolf in Switzerland: facts, politics and the limits of hunting
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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.
