Environment Minister Schulze wants to facilitate shooting of wolves

The Federal environment Minister, Schulze wants to change the nature conservation act, to facilitate the shooting of wolves. The “Lex Wolf” I also have a feeding ban for wolves. the

the Federal environment Minister, Svenja Schulze (SPD) to facilitate the shooting of wolves. Your goal should be an appropriate Amendment to the nature conservation act, was Schulze of the Bild am Sonntag said. “If wolves have to overcome multiple protection fences, or people to come close to you, you may shoot. I want to make a ‘Lex Wolf’.”

A Wolf should be allowed to be shot, therefore, in the future, when he “caused serious damages to agriculture”. So far, the speech that was seen by the courts only in the case of a threat to the existence of “significant harm”. “So that I can do for the sheep farmers legal clarity and make it clear that hobby shepherd can be compensated,” said Schulze.

The “Lex Wolf” I also have a feeding ban for wolves. “This is happening by people who find the animals interesting. So it attracts wolves, but areas in the vicinity of residential. And since they don’t belong.”

so Far there have been only a few shooting licences

The Amendment should be made as soon as possible. “It is only the consent of the CDU,” says Schulze is missing. The topic was so far between Schulze and the Minister of agriculture, Julia Klöckner (CDU) is controversial.

The Minister of the environment appeared to be far more on the side of the wolves. In the case of the carnival celebration in the Ministry Schulze recently contributed a wolf costume, and around the neck a sign that says “Please don’t shoot”.

wolves are protected by strict in Germany, so far there have been only a few shooting permits for conspicuous animals. In the past few weeks, multiple new attacks on farm animals were known. The Minister for the environment in lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein free gifts, recently a Wolf to launch. In Germany, according to the Alpine economic Association last Winter, 100 wolf pack with about 1000 animals, the majority of which lives in Eastern and Northern Germany.