The Double Standards of Wolf Opponents
A citizens’ committee around Miriam Grab from Unterägeri ZG wants to declare the protected wolf a huntable species via a popular initiative and is apparently turning a blind eye. IG Wild beim Wild finds these initiatives hypocritical and misguided.
84 Million Livestock Slaughtered
Many wolf opponents argue that wolves pose a threat to animals and humans. At the same time, around 84 million livestock were slaughtered in Switzerland in 2022: 230’500 per day, 9’600 per hour. The cultivation of animal feed accounts for around 90% of agricultural land.
97% Livestock, 3% Wildlife
Humans and their livestock account for 97% compared to 3% for all wildlife. 1’706 grazing animals were killed by wolves in 2022, most in unprotected environments. Recreational hunting fails as a population control measure. More on the topic of herd protection, wolf protection and climate change.
Dossier: The Wolf in Switzerland: Facts, Politics and the Limits of Hunting
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: 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.
