CSU and FW are now making another attempt to decimate the rooks in Munich. CSU wants to spend 400,000 euros on a 'lethal deterrence' project.
Rooks are not problem birds everywhere, but only in some cities. In Bavaria, several thousand carrion crows, a species related to the rook, are shot every year. In the 2020/21 season, according to the latest Bavarian agricultural report, there were 68,915 birds. In Erdinger Stadtpark, 1,495 breeding pairs have been counted as of 2023.