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EU parliament adopts final decision to relax wolf protection, sparking extinction fears

EU lawmakers are set to approve downgrading wolves’ protection status from strictly protected to protected, effective since March 2025.
This change follows the Bern Convention's December 2024 agreement and reflects increased wolf populations causing more human and livestock encounters.
The revision, led by the conservative EPP and supported by centrist and socialist groups, allows hunting in rural and mountainous areas under strict criteria.
Wolves now number around 20,300 across Europe, attacking over 60,000 farm animals yearly, though no human casualties have occurred to date.
While supporters argue the measure aids coexistence and rural livelihoods, critics warn it risks undermining wolf recovery and denounce the move as politically motivated.

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Parliament approves the decommissioning of the Wolf's Protection Statute

On Thursday 8 May, MEPs in Strasbourg supported the Commission's proposal to change the status of animal protection from "strictly protected" to "protected".

4 hours ago·Paris, France

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Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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EU Parliament lowers protection status of wolves in Europe

Again and again wolves tear farm animals like sheep or goats. The protection of the wolf is therefore a hotly discussed topic. The EU now gives member states more room for manoeuvre in dealing with the predator.

5 hours ago·Munich, Germany

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EU parliament adopts final decision to relax wolf protection, sparking extinction fears

Since EU ambassadors have already backed the change as well, member states will soon be able to authorise wolf hunts with significantly more flexibility.

5 hours ago·Brussels, Belgium

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Wolf, Berlatus: With vote on less protection for the species we give the answer to the shepherds.

This was stated by the Euro MP of Brothers of Italy, Sergio Berlato, after the vote of the European Parliament, which gave an okay to the European Commission's proposal to downgrade the status of protection of the wolf. The decision, which must be confirmed by the EU Council, gives flexibility to States and regions to take measures to break down specimens considered dangerous for man and human activity.

6 hours ago

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