Ingrid Lomelde from the WWF criticizes the Left, after the government’s decision ulvejakt. The truth is that without the Left had Norwegian predators been in a bad way in years.
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Last rovdyrdebatten raged that the worst was in the winter of 2016/2017. It was just after a majority in Parliament consisting of the Ap, Progress, Right, and Frp in June 2016 fixed ulveforliket, who decided how much the wolves we should have and where they should live.
They lowered bestandsmålet dramatically in conflict with the earlier rovdyrforlik and adopted section 18c in rovviltforskriften. It was here that the question of whether the public interest could be grounds to shoot the wolf was settled. The left and SV voted against, but lost against the majority.
Not long after said then miljøminister Vidar Helgesen no to lisensjakt, and there was uproar and talk about distrust. Helgesen suggested as to change the nature diversity act in order to get extended access to the licence. The law governing the ivaretagelsen of endangered and protected species in the Norwegian fauna, including wolf. But it had Left protected, together with Bernkonvensjonen, in cooperation with the government.
“instead of adopting a responsible ulvepolitikk, the four parties (Right, Ap, Frp and KrF) still in order to shoot a large number of the wolves we have in Norway today. It is only naturmangfoldsloven that stops them. It is fast, and it comes Left still to make sure”, said Ola Elvestuen, the then head of the energy and miljøkomiteen in Parliament. The left had a key role because it was only under the agreement that protected nature diversity act. We stood against a massive pressure from the government, the centre party, the Labour party and various pressure groups – and the law was stuck.
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Why could the government now say no to rovviltnemdene and two of the three ulveflokker got live, of course, to the violent reactions from all. It is the first time that the wolf shared within the ulvesonen, but the ministry has emphasised that this is an individual decision and not creating a precedent.
That Ap, Sp, Frp, and the Right voted for the 18c is the reason for allowing for the felling within the zone, it need a government to relate to. Parliament creates laws and the public sector duties to follow the laws. One can of course criticize the us and the other miljøpartiene that we haven’t got the rest to turn around yet – but the majority of the Parliament will therefore shoot the wolf.
What is special with ulvedebatten is that the trenches are so deep and worldviews so different. It has been created a picture of that there have never been fewer wolves in Norway than now, while others again say that the wolf never has killed several sheep.
the Fact is that the Norwegian wolf population is femdoblet of 10 years, at the same time as the number of sheep on farms within the ulvesonen increases and fewer sheep being taken by wolves than before. When the government recently said no to rovviltnemdene they got furious reactions from both sides as both notified demonstrations. How did we get here?
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In rovdyrdebatten , it is those screaming the loudest that gets the attention in the media. And no one has yelled higher in the year than the central party.
They screamed when Elvestuen stopped Vidar Helgesens extended ulvejakt in april. They screamed when Elvestuen was on registreringsoppdrag with the Norwegian nature inspectorate, because he was photographed with a ulvevalp. And most especially – they screamed when Elvestuen married, because he had a little ulvepynt on the wedding cake, and called it a shame for the country. If he had had a baby and called the baby Varg or Bear they had well yelled then too.
Sp-politician Heidi Greni said that we are in “one of the bloodiest rovdyrsomrene who have been”, Actually.no cash disproved as completely wrong – without that the centre party has cared much about it in the months afterwards. Noise despite: A survey from Rovdata shows that 57 per cent of all norwegians like or like well that there is wolf in Norway, while only 24 per cent dislike it, or dislike it strongly. Most people, both in the city and built and in areas with and without wolves, think wolves belong in the Norwegian nature. The majority view in Parliament is therefore in the minority in the population, in this case, as they often are in matters of the environment and animal welfare.
We shall have respect for those who live close to the large these predators, and those who run the beitenæring. But the felling of large carnivores like the wolf have to be made with respect to the population of this species is at a very low level, so other measures than felling should be carefully considered first. the
Rovdyravvisende fencing works well against attacks on sheep, but with more fences should pasture any time gjødsles. It can lead to reduced biodiversity. Grants for the care of the cultural landscape must then be increased, that the farmer shall go with the loss. We should also have sheep adapted to the local conditions. Kvitsauer are bred to give a lot of meat. It is a great sheep, but also big and heavy, compared with other saueraser and a light switch.
If it will be profitable for the farmer to use the other sheep, we need to change the slakteprissystemet so that also small lammeskrotter triggers good slaktepriser. A solution may also be to add about beiteregimet from utmarksbeite to innmarksbeite. It is demanding for both the farmer and the sheep, the Sheep on cultivated land has increased the disease risk, and in addition, the availability of food poorer than in the outlying areas. The government has given the farmers who omlegger operation of financial compensation. It must continue.
solutions that can be used in a greater extent than now. They will bring down the loss of life of sheep, but it also involves challenges for the sauebønder and biological diversity. It will cost money and resources, but it can be a start to get resolved, the Norwegian rovdyrkonflikten we must all be able to look at them with new eyes. The goal must surely be that fewer sheep being taken by wolves, not that the most possible wolf to be killed.
I Left will increase the bestandsmålene for the major Norwegian predators, because we take care of nature – and predators are an important part of Norwegian nature. They regulate prey that prevents the spread of disease, and keeps populations of red fox and deer in balance. Why can’t the solution be to almost exterminate them once a year.
We will continue to work to preserve the predators, but both we and rovdyrmotstandere must be able to gather about something: There are more wolves in Norway than before, and fewer sheep being taken by wolves. If we can’t even agree on it, we’ll never further.
