Wolves are spreading across Germany - and with them fear

The wolf is spreading again in Germany.

But it has a bad reputation.

Many people are afraid of wild animals - with fatal consequences.

Bonn - The

has an

- and has been for ages.

Stories about it go back to the Middle Ages: He is considered the epitome of evil, a beast that pounds over animals and people.

The

of him persists to this day.

A calculation has now shown: More and more

live with us in

.

According to the

(BfN), the number of wolf packs living here is increasing.

In the monitoring year 2019/2020 there were 128 packs in Germany.

In addition, 35 wolf pairs and ten sedentary solitary wolves have been confirmed.

In the previous monitoring year 2018/2019, however, there were only 105 packs, 41 pairs and twelve individual wolves.

More and more wolves in Germany: animal owners and farmers alarmed

BfN President

says: “The wolf population in Germany is increasing.

The wolf population has continued to increase, particularly in the north and northwest.

(...) But even outside of these occurrences, individual wolf territories could be detected in the central and southern German federal states. ”In addition, for the first time in ten years a sedentary wolf was confirmed in the Bavarian Alps.

This circumstance is good news for

, but concerns

and

alike

- the

not a popular contemporary

with them

.

Because every now and then it happens that wolves in Germany

or

.

Only this autumn had a wolf in Ober-Modau, a district of Ober-Ramstadt

at

Darmstadt (* FR reported),

a

A

showed that the predator comes from a

from the Alps.

Incidents like this pose a dilemma for people: shoot or protect?

Wolves are currently under strict

.

They may be shot down * if they kill sheep - however, shooting must be approved in advance.

Philipp Czaya: "Wolves are very shy and avoid people"

The author

has been working with wolves for more than four years.

For his book "Isegrim" the man from Neustadt spent a lot of time with the predators and is committed to protecting them.

Check out this post on Instagram

NO TO THE WOLF IN THE HUNTING RIGHT!

First of all: I am not against hunters or pasture owners.

I am against the policy that is directed against a living being, to whose almost extermination we have contributed significantly. ⠀ Currently, the wolf in Germany is under strict nature protection.

In Lower Saxony, politicians are currently working hard to include the wolf in hunting law.

The following points are listed in their ordinance: ⠀ 1. Upper wolf limit: More than X wolves are shot (the federal government should recalculate the number every year) ⠀ 2. When attacks on grazing animals, wolves can be shot without specific evidence. ⠀ 3. If if wolves approach / attack a person less than 30 meters away, they will be killed. Sollte 4. If a wanted wolf (e.g. when attacking grazing animals) cannot be clearly identified, other wolves in the pack may be killed. ⠀ ⠀ To the upper limit of the wolf : There is verifiably enough space in the German forests for wolves.

If the animals settle across Germany, it will have a very positive effect on our ecosystem.

The natural balance of the wild animal populations is restored.

Politicians should invest money in green bridges to keep wolves away from traffic.. ⠀ Attacks on grazing animals can generally be avoided.

Why does politics not subsidize dog breeding / dog trainers for massive livestock guardians so that every farmer can afford it?

(see my interview in the next picture) ⠀ ⠀ Wolves are generally very shy animals that avoid humans at all costs.

You know instinctively (also through experience) that people are dangerous.

Should a wolf run on a human (for no reason), the animal either has rabies or was hand-raised by a human.

If the cattle farmers are equipped with guard dogs, the wolf is automatically pushed back into the forest.

And you don't have to kill a whole pack of wolves, based on a vague guess. Ützt # protect the weak ⠀ ⠀

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“

are very shy and avoid humans.

They are not interested in a confrontation and when they come into contact with people they always choose to flee, ”he says in an interview with the Ippen-Digital editorial network.

“A wolf is and remains a

.

They are sensitive, intelligent and highly social animals, ”continues Czaya.

In principle, the wolf would

to humans.

“Wolves are not beasts that kill everything that comes before their face.

But they are not cuddly toys either, ”he emphasizes.

Wolves in Germany: Politicians must better support cattle farmers

In the opinion of Philipp Czaya, farmers should be given more

support in protecting their animals from

. For example by subsidizing

and

. The

author suggests

that this could

happen

in the form of

. In tourist areas "you should rather rely on stable electric fences in combination with classic sheepdogs". * FR