The wolf is to be included in hunting law in Lower Saxony.
However, not all parties have agreed on the move.
Kassel - The government coalition in the Lower Saxony state parliament is sticking to the plan to include the wolf in hunting law.
"The shooting of the wolf is where no other defensive measures are effective, the only correct answer to the increasing threat," said CDU parliamentary group leader Dirk Toepffer of the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung.
The Greens in the state parliament rejected the move, said their parliamentary deputy Christian Meyer: "This is purely symbolic politics of the Groko from the SPD and CDU." The wolf remains protected all year round even after a formal acceptance into hunting law and must not be hunted.
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More and more wolves are also being sighted in Hesse.
In the Werra-Meißner district, two animals watch a farmer * and circle him.
A pair of wolves * also live in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district.
A video from Ludwigsau shows how two animals mark their territory with urine in immediate succession.
description |
wolf |
|---|---|
Scientific name |
Canis lupus |
Appearance |
70 to 90 centimeters tall (shoulder height), up to 140 centimeters long, from yellowish-gray to gray-brown to dark gray coat color |
nourishment |
Roe deer, red deer and wild boar, but also smaller animals |
Reproduction |
Sexually mature at 22 months, gestation period of around nine weeks, usually several puppies per litter |
Source: Nabu.de |
Lower Saxony wants to include wolves in hunting law: CDU speaks of an "important signal" for grazing animal owners
Toepffer emphasized: "If its continued existence is no longer endangered, the wolf, like any other wild animal, should be included in hunting law." According to the report, the draft law states: Hunting districts set a hunting season for the killing of one or more wolves. "
This is an "important signal" for grazing animal owners * and hunters in Lower Saxony, said the CDU member of the state parliament, Frank Schmädeke.
The inclusion of the wolf in hunting law does not change anything in its protection status, emphasized the SPD MP Karin Logemann.
Christian Meyer from the Greens said nothing will change in the legal admissibility of the removal of problem wolves.
"Wolves would have the same status as seals, which are also included in hunting law, but as a strictly protected species have a complete closed season."
Lower Saxony wants to include wolves in hunting law: the number of attacks on grazing animals has risen sharply
The red-black coalition may even do a disservice to the hunters, said Meyer. Among other things, the hunters might be held responsible for crack damage caused by wolves on farm animals. At the same time, however, the Ministry of the Environment remains responsible for the removal of problem wolves in strict exceptional cases. The inclusion in hunting law does nothing to resolve the conflict, it is a pure “placebo policy”.
Experts estimate that 350 to 400 wolves live in Lower Saxony.
According to earlier information from Environment Minister Olaf Lies (SPD), there are 39 wolf packs, a pair of wolves and two lone wolves in the country.
The number of attacks on grazing animals in Lower Saxony increased from 8 in 2012 to around 230 attacks this year.
(Luisa Weckesser with dpa)
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