EU’s legislative body accepts weakening of wolf protection

EU Parliament reduces protection status for wolves. Reverted species ensures natural dynamics in the ecosystem. A conversation with Matthias Goerres, speaker at the German Federation for Environment and Nature Conservation (Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e. V.

EU’s legislative body accepts weakening of wolf protection

The European Parliament has voted in favor of the European Commission’s proposal to weaken wolf protection, citing increased conflicts with people and livestock in some regions. The draft law, which requires approval by the EU Council, will make it easier to hunt wolves. While hunting and landowners’ associations applauded the decision, environmental groups expressed dismay. […]

"The systematic destruction of wild animals to limit their impact on our human activities is both unfair and ineffective," said Allain Bougrain-Dubourg, president of the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO), to the AFP. "While biodiversity is in collapse

New bill in Oregon Legislature will aid ranchers impacted by wolves

Oregon lawmakers are advancing a bill that would increase compensation for ranchers who lose livestock to confirmed wolf attacks. Senate Bill 777, backed by Senator Todd Nash (R-Enterprise) and Representative Bobby Levy (R-Echo), passed the Oregon Senate with near-unanimous support in early April and is now under consideration in the House Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources,...

Madrid, 13 May (EFE).- The animalist party PACMA has asked PSOE and Sumar to file an appeal with the Constitutional Court against the exclusion of the wolf from the List of Species in Special Protection Regime (LESPRE), considering that the measure is “inconstitutional and without scientific basis.” Animalist formation bases its petition to these parties on “coherence with their vote and in defense of the Constitution and the rest of the legal s…