Cantons hunt wolves

Since the beginning of the alpine season, wolf attacks on herds of sheep have occurred regularly, writes the canton in a statement on Tuesday. In Goms, for example, more than ten sheep had been killed in the Alps in a protected situation or in an unreasonably protectable area by July 16.

According to the canton, the requirements for ordering a shooting in accordance with the revised Hunting Ordinance to the Federal Hunting Act, which came into force on July 15, 2021, were met. In accordance with the Wolf Switzerland concept, the hunted large carnivore was brought to the Institute for Animal Pathology at the University of Bern for diagnosis and identification. Since 2006, the Valais Department for Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife, according to its own information, has hunted five wolves out of eleven shooting permits issued.