Rösti would submit hunting ordinance for normal consultation today
Published: Monday, Jun 10th 2024, 19:10
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Federal Councillor Albert Rösti told the Council of States on Monday that, in retrospect, he would submit the controversial revision of the Hunting Ordinance for consultation with an ordinary deadline. This ordinance permitted the so-called proactive shooting of wolves.
As Rösti went on to say in connection with an interpellation by Céline Vara (Greens/NE), the Federal Council had weighed up politically whether a brief consultation was possible or not.
According to Rösti, the federal government decided in favor of a short consultation period because no wolves would have been allowed to be shot for two seasons under a normal procedure. According to parliamentary documents, the organizations that were able to comment on the hunting revision had one week to respond.
Rösti argued that the Federal Council had not created a precedent in this respect, as there was a sense of urgency. At the time, it had been established that the number of wolves in Switzerland had risen from one hundred to 300 within three years. Experts had said that the species would only regulate itself once there were 80 packs in Switzerland. "I believe that we have complied with the law," says Rösti.
The pressure was enormous. He noted that the wolf was now also attacking large animals. And he would rather not be head of the Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications if the wolf were to attack humans.
In a question and answer session of the National Council last September, Rösti showed understanding for the astonished reactions to the short consultation period. At the end of March, the Federal Council submitted a further revision of the Hunting Ordinance for consultation, which will run until July 5 of this year.
1095 farm animals killed in one year
Wolves killed a total of 1095 farm animals between November 1, 2022 and October 31, 2023 This was also announced by the Federal Council on Monday in response to a question from National Councillor Thomas Knutti (SVP/BE). In the same period, the lynx killed 93 victims. The figures for November and December will be recorded in the following year and evaluated with the next period, the government stated in its written answer.
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