Wolf protection to be abolished
The initiators have launched the signature collection for the initiative to abolish the protection of the wolf. According to their wishes, the wolf should be allowed to be hunted year-round everywhere except in the national park.
Initiative against wolf protection
At the beginning of May 2023, the signature collection was launched for an initiative to abolish the protection of the wolf. According to the initiators' wishes, the wolf should be allowed to be hunted year-round everywhere except in the national park.
Protected only in the national park?
The initiative seeks to add a new paragraph to Article 79 of the Federal Constitution. The deadline for the 100’000 signatures expires on the second of November 2024. Recreational hunting fails as a population control measure. More on the topic of the hunting law, livestock protection and Switzerland.
Dossier: Wolf in Switzerland: Facts, politics and the limits of hunting
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In our dossiers on the criticism of recreational hunting gather fact-checks, analyses and background reports. 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.
