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Dispute over the wolf: Farmers' association and animal rights activists register two contrary demos

2023-05-07T01:29:10.106Z


The first 400 sheep have been raised on the Garmisch Kramerplateau. On Saturday, May 6th, the farmers' association and "Aktiervisten" each want to take to the streets with a demo.


The first 400 sheep have been raised on the Garmisch Kramerplateau.

On Saturday, May 6th, the farmers' association and "Aktiervisten" each want to take to the streets with a demo.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Here we go.

This weekend the first 400 sheep will be driven up to the Kramer plateau in Garmisch.

An action that has received little attention so far.

But things look different this year in the sign of the return of the wolf.

While the shepherds bring the farm animals to their spring pasture around the war memorial chapel, two camps in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen pedestrian zone are mobilizing this Saturday.

On the one hand, there are the members of the “Aktiervisten Oberland” on Richard-Strauss-Platz, pro wolf.

On the other hand, the Bavarian Farmers' Association at Bischoffeck, who want to protect their livestock from predators.

Animal rights activists: "We are against hatred and hate speech"

The "Aktiervisten" are an association of animal rights activists and animal rights activists.

They have been drawing attention to themselves with campaigns for a long time.

In January, for example, they protested against the shooting of the chamois at the Herzogstand.

They are pro-wolf, want to advertise and raise awareness for the strictly protected predator with an information stand and a diagram.

"We want people not to be afraid of him, so away from the 'fairy tale of the big bad wolf'," says Sylvia Arlette Greif, head of the animal welfare department of the Bavarian state association of the Left Party.

She wants to achieve a peaceful co-existence.

"We can already see the problems of the alpine farmers," she says.

However, according to Greif, there should be a will to take livestock protection measures.

"We are against the hatred and agitation that is currently being practiced." About 20 participants have registered for the rally at Richard-Strauss-Platz.

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Farmers' association and Greens politician: Wolf fences are deadly for countless wild animals

On the other side is the Bavarian Farmers' Association at Bischoffeck, which will also set up an information stand with around 50 registered participants.

District administrator Anton Speer (free voters), mayor Elisabeth Koch (CSU) and district chairman Klaus Solleder will speak, among others.

"We want to make it clear what effects the wolf has on alpine farming," says Solleder.

The protective measures for the herd with fences with a prescribed height of 90 to 140 centimeters are “not only pointless, because the wolf easily jumps over them”.

They are even dangerous for biodiversity: "Wolf-proof fences can become a deadly danger for all wild animals," says Solleder.

The current of at least 4000 volts means death for hedgehogs, frogs or squirrels.

47 mountain pastures would have to be protected with a 1000 meter long fence - impossible

A statement that the third District Administrator Tessy Lödermann (The Greens/Bündnis 90) also made.

On Thursday evening, her district association invited to the online dialogue "The wolf and its place in agriculture" with Green politicians such as member of the state parliament Christian Hierneis and Sepp Grasegger, chairman of the state association of Bavarian sheep farmers from Partenkirchen.

“These fences are death traps.

All the animals we had to get out of there that died miserably,” warns Lödermann.

In order to protect the 47 alpine pastures in the district, "we would need 1000 kilometers of fence".

That was "pure madness." Especially since there were already too many fences anyway.

In general, Lödermann is in a dilemma.

She finds the predator fascinating, but "putting one species above the rest isn't right."

Especially since alpine farming is responsible for a diversity of 40,000 animals and plants.

That's why she also advocates a professional shooting, "before poisoned bait is laid out or any layman kills wolves illegally".

Benedikt Egner, board member of the Werdenfelser breeders, is worried about the alpine summer.

"Protection dogs don't do much for us." They would need a homogeneous flock of at least 100 sheep, with which he lives for at least a year before he socializes with them.

"And here, most sheep farmers only have five to 20 sheep."

The two demos

begin this Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at 11 a.m.

The Bavarian Farmers' Association will provide information at its stand on Bischoffeck until 5 p.m.

The animal rights activists "Aktiervisten" until 4 p.m. at Richard-Strauss-Platz.

You can find more current news from the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen at Merkur.de/Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Source: merkur

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