US EditionFrance loosens rules on allowing farmers to shoot wolves
- France will now allow farmers to shoot wolves that attack their livestock outside of protected enclosures, a policy shift welcomed by farmers.
- According to preliminary figures, wolves have been killing more livestock in France, with 12,000 animals lost last year.
- Once hunted to extinction in France, wolves began crossing over from Italy after gaining protected status under the 1979 Bern Convention.
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Wolves have slowly spread again in France. Not to everyone's delight: farmers complain about losses in their herds. In the future, the shooting will be facilitated. Special forces will also be used for this purpose.
The French government has announced it will relax the rules for shooting wolves. Currently, farmers are only allowed to shoot wolves if they attack livestock within protected enclosures, but after a policy change, shooting wolves outside these enclosures is also permitted.
Herders, previously allowed to shoot canids only in the event of last resort after protecting their herds, will soon have the right to shoot them without conditions.
On the move this Tuesday, February 16 in Haute-Marne, one of the departments most affected by wolf attacks, Annie Genevard announces a simplification of the shooting permits for farmers who are victims of attacks, as well as an increase in the regulatory ceiling at national level.
On a trip to Haute-Marne, Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard confirmed the increase in the shooting ceiling for wolves, with flexibility to go up to 23% (not 21% as planned). The shooting regime also changes, as it will no longer be necessary to obtain prior authorization. Finally, it will also be possible to make beatings and shootings to defend unprotected farms. - Wolves: ceiling fire, declaration regime, defense of unprotected farms... whic…
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