As soon as Wolfgang Kuhn has been appointed as the district's new hunting advisor, criticism rises.
Confrontation is not an option when it comes to collaboration and support.
A comment from Merkur editor Dieter Dorby.
The frontal attack, which is attempted to knock the new district hunting advisor out of the game in the first few meters, shows how tough lobbying work is also carried out in the local district.
It is remarkable that the district administrator, despite a majority in the hunting advisory board, sticks to his expert - especially because Olaf von Löwis, as a qualified forester, has in-depth expertise.
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Merkur editor Dieter Dorby comments on it.
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In spite of all the discussion about the well-being of the forest, one must not forget that it is also an economic sector which, above all, brings good money to the Bavarian State Forests.
Profit optimization is a word that is also known there.
So it is not surprising that some consider the game as a pest and treat it as such.
Also read the report:
"Affront when starting work: Letter of protest against new hunting advisor"
The hunters have the job of pest killer, but some people are reluctant to take it on, especially when the hunting assignment cannot be reconciled with the ethos of the keepers.
Pressure, counter pressure - the relationship between forest and hunting is strained for a long time.
Also read the interview with hunting advisor Kuhn:
"I do not make any hunting policy"
The difficult part in this relationship is hunting.
Because no matter how much, what and how is shot: For the general public and many animal lovers, the blood sticks to the hunter - the forest as the originator remains clean.
It should not be forgotten that the conversion to a climate-proof forest is also necessary because the monoculture of the 1960s and 1970s relied on spruce trees, which also proved to be too vulnerable because of the bark beetle.
At that time stable mixed stocks were sacrificed for this.
This shows one thing: extreme approaches are rarely sustainable.
That goes for trees as well as for opinions.
It is all the more important to finally find a common path.
ddy