Farmers’ association criticizes objections to wolf hunting
Published: Tuesday, Dec 12th 2023, 12:00
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The Swiss Farmers' Association and the Alpine Farmers' Association have criticized the objections raised by environmental associations against wolf hunting in the cantons of Graubünden and Valais. These are incomprehensible and torpedo the preventive regulation of the wolf population.
The regulation is urgent and is being slowed down by the objections, the two associations wrote in a joint press release on Tuesday. The environmental associations are therefore endangering the alpine economy. In the future, this would lead to even more livestock being killed, making additional wolf culls necessary.
On Monday evening, the canton of Graubünden announced that it would resume wolf hunting in parts of the canton, despite a complaint from nature conservation organizations being pending before the Federal Administrative Court. The details of the complaint submitted on Friday are now known, according to the statement. It is only directed against part of the "proactive regulation" launched on December 1.
No legal action has been taken against the hunting of the Lenzerhorn and Beverin packs. This means that hunters who register for the special hunt can also support the game warden in regulating these packs.
On Friday, the Graubünden authorities halted the entire wolf hunt and justified this with the requested suspensive effect of the complaints.
The nature conservation organizations want to have several orders for the shooting of wolves in the cantons of Graubünden and Valais reviewed by the courts. They believe the law has been violated and have submitted two complaints to the Federal Administrative Court. One concerns the canton of Graubünden, the second the canton of Valais.
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