The bad apple in the St. Gallen hunting administration

Shooting permit for three wolf pups

The canton of St. Gallen has granted permission to shoot three of the six wolf pups of the Calfeisental pack.

On the Gafarra alpine pasture in the Weisstannental valley, over eight sheep have been killed by wolves or had to be euthanized due to severe injuries this summer. The attacks occurred because the pasture is still inadequately protected by fences and livestock guardian dogs . Therefore, comprehensive livestock protection on the Gafarra pasture is far from being achieved.

Why can just anyone park sheep, goats, etc. in the Alps and spread out where it's actually wildlife territory ? Over 200,000 sheep are transported to the mountains for a few months every year, costing taxpayers tens of millions of francs in subsidies.

Further reading

• Swiss meadows are losing biodiversity massively
• When sheep, cattle, and other livestock occupy space belonging to wild animals
• Swiss animal protection criticizes planned wolf culls as a danger to pack structures and livestock protection.
• Wolf incompetence is rampant in Graubünden.
• Val Fex: When the livestock protection concept has more holes than the fence
• Shooting instead of protection – Switzerland on the path to silent wolf extermination
• Communication failure at the Office for Hunting and Fishing Graubünden
• Illegal wolf hunting in Switzerland
• Wolf pups in Switzerland under fire
• Switzerland sells wolf massacre as a success
• Sloppiness in Katrin Schneeberger's office
• Grazing by livestock alters the soil, plants, and insect populations.
• The insane hunt for wolves in Switzerland
• The truth about sheep mortality in Switzerland: causes and statistics
• Wolf culls in Switzerland: Concern about party politician Albert Rösti
• Let's stop the SVP's destructive fury
• Participatory campaign: An appeal for change in Switzerland
• 200 environmental organizations from 6 continents are calling on the Swiss government: Stop the wolf cull
• The Federal Council is being heavily criticized by wolf experts.
• The consequences of controversial wolf management in Switzerland
• Wolf: Federal Councillor Rösti (SVP) is circumventing law and order
• Es Burebüebli mahn i nit
• Are the Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU) and the hunting authorities still working responsibly?
• Federal Councillor Albert Rösti is trampling on the will of the people.
• The consequences of controversial wolf management in Switzerland
• Too many sheep harm biodiversity.
• Agricultural use destroys alpine meadows
• Cracks despite herd protection – how is that possible?
• The bad apple in the St. Gallen hunting administration
• Pro Natura calls for a comprehensive strategy for sheep summer grazing.
• According to an Agridea study, livestock guarding with dogs works well.
• Thanks to livestock protection measures, wolves are killing fewer farm animals in Switzerland.
• Farmers see fields as a dumping ground.
• Biomass of wild animals
• From sheep farmers and vague authorities
• The double standards of the wolf opponents

Innocent young animals instead of perpetrators

Why should a pack of wolves be trained to be wary of humans when they've done nothing to them? Wolves are naturally wary of humans. Logically, shouldn't livestock protection measures be reviewed instead of populistically killing wolves?

It has long been established in the literature by experts worldwide that culling wolves has absolutely no "educational" effect. That's not how science works! Such amateurish practices are closer to poaching than to sound expertise.

Wolves are strictly protected throughout Europe.

Wolf protection laws in Switzerland will not be relaxed. This was decided by the electorate in autumn 2020. However, the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Federal Council seem to care little about the will of the people.

Department head lies to the public

As part of an animal welfare project, the unscrupulous hobby hunter and head of the hunting department in St. Gallen, Simon Meier, deliberately lies to the public and accuses the Swiss Animal Protection Association (STS) of condoning the despicable behavior of his kind.

A lie: The Swiss Animal Protection Association (STS) has published a position paper on the training and use of hunting dogs in Switzerland . Namely, absolutely nothing (except for tracking wounded game).

Dossier: Wolves in Switzerland: Facts, politics and the limits of hunting

St. Gallen Hunting Administration Dossier:

• Dominik Thiel: Wolf hunters at state expense – a department head as a security risk for wildlife protection
• Psychology of hunting in the canton of St. Gallen
• Hunting season until New Year's Eve: Shooting pressure instead of wildlife management
• Patented hunting as a solution to red deer conflicts?
• St. Gallen Hunting Authority: Wolf management without science and without credibility
• The permit to shoot a wolf in the canton of St. Gallen was unlawful.
• Dumbing down of the people in the canton of St. Gallen
• The Office for Hunting and Nonsense in St. Gallen is modernizing hunting training
• St. Gallen wants to regulate the wolf pack on the Gamserrugg mountain.
• Controversy surrounding Swiss officials involved in wolf hunting in Russia
• “Experts” in St. Gallen end wolf management for this winter
• The bad apple in the St. Gallen hunting administration
• Lie hunter became department head in the canton of St. Gallen.
• St. Gallen: Stop the fox and badger massacre
• Are the Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU) and the hunting authorities still working responsibly?
• How amateur hunter Simon Meier leads people astray

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