- Wolves should be shot down before they do any damage.
- The Federal Council has given Parliament its support.
- He considers the parliamentary initiative of the Environment Commission of the Council of States (Urek-S) to be sensible.
Damage caused by wolves should be prevented, he wrote Federal Council in its statement published by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). from Wednesday. This could be used to kill wolves, for example, which are losing their natural shyness and are increasingly appearing in settlements. They should not only be killed when damage has already occurred or when there is a risk.
The regulation also adheres to the current allocation of competences between the federal government and the cantons. According to the statement, the Federal Council also considers it sensible to expand the scope for action when shooting lone wolves. Cantons are allowed to remove wolves that are dangerous to humans.
The federal government does not want to bear any personnel costs
However, the Federal Council does not agree that the federal government should contribute to the personnel costs of the cantons “when dealing with the wolf”. He also rejects an additional proposal by the Urek-S, according to which the federal government should in future participate in the prevention and reimbursement of beaver damage. He therefore requests that the submission of the Urek-S be accepted on most points.