Cantons rebuffed: Court prohibits wolf culls until judgment
Published: Friday, Jan 5th 2024, 12:10
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As long as the Federal Administrative Court has not ruled on the complaints of three nature conservation organizations against the decimation of wolf packs, no animals may be shot. It has rejected the requests to lift the suspensive effect.
The cantons of Graubünden and Valais ordered the preventive shooting of wolves in November 2023. They had previously received the corresponding approvals from the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).
As is usually the case, the appeals lodged by the nature conservation organizations Pro Natura, WWF Switzerland and Schweizer Vogelschutz have a suspensive effect. This means that the legal consequences ordered by a ruling do not take effect for the time being.
In December, the two cantons submitted an application to lift the suspensive effect. This would require a serious disadvantage, the Federal Administrative Court wrote in the rulings published on Friday. However, this was not the case. Furthermore, shooting the wolves would create an irreversible situation.
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