France will facilitate authorizations to kill wolves in case of attacks on flocks and will increase compensation

The French Government is going to facilitate and accelerate authorizations to kill wolves in cases of attacks on livestock and increase compensation for animals killed by an animal whose population in France has more than doubled in the last five years. The Ministries of Agriculture and Ecology presented this Friday a new plan on the wolf for the period 2024-2029, at a time of strong pressure on the Executive from farmers and ranchers, who ask in particular for a simplification of the rules to which they are subject. subjected in their work. AUTHORIZATIONS TO KILL PREDATORS WHEN THERE ARE ATTACKS ON LIVESTOCK WILL BE ON THE CONDITION THAT THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED PROTECTION MEASURES FOR THEIR FLOCKS In a statement, these two departments announced a decree that establishes a new framework for the operations of the so-called "defense shots" against wolves, and that will now allow the use of night observation cameras or the formation of brigades of two and even three shooters. Above ...