Germany: The wolf has to be hunted, according to Eberhard Hartelt

The true wolf population in Germany must finally be made transparent. Active stock management also includes the inclusion of wolves in hunting law in order to create legal certainty. “The preservation of grazing animal husbandry must not be lip service – grazing animal husbandry cannot be maintained with money alone. Herd protection has limits and alone does not ensure coexistence between wolves and grazing animals - it will not work without regulation," says Eberhard Hartelt, the environmental officer of the German Farmers' Association (DBV) and President of the Farmers' and Winegrowers' Association of South Rhineland-Palatinate. The preservation of grazing animal husbandry must not be lip service." - Hartelt Sweden shows: Upper and lower limits are possible The protective hunt that has been practiced in Sweden for a long time confirms that it is possible under EU law to set an upper and lower limit for the wolf population and to stabilize the number of wolf packs at around a ...