The day: Brandenburg wants to make it easier to kill wolves

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The day
Brandenburg wants to make it easier to kill wolves

(Photo: picture alliance / dpa)

The coalition factions of the SPD, CDU and Greens in the Brandenburg state parliament want to facilitate the shooting of wolves. "We want to shoot because we are in Brandenburg highest wolf population which increasingly leads to damaging events, "said CDU parliamentary group leader Jan Redmann when presenting the coalition proposal for changes to the Brandenburg Wolf Ordinance. The kills are also necessary to keep wolves out of the vicinity of people." They must keep their shyness human settlements and stables, said the group leader. "Wolves notice when they have and will not have anything to fear always bolder"And further:" Until now, the wolf responsible for cracks in farm animals had to be specifically identified before being shot, which is usually hardly possible, "explained Redmann." In future, animals from the pack that are responsible for damaging events should be shot can be. "