As is known, the protection status of the wolf at European level should be reduced from ‘strictly protected’ to ‘protected’, making it easier to shoot them if necessary. This year, at least, nothing will come of it. A vote planned for June did not take place. When should a new vote take place and what are the prospects?
A new ruling by the European Court of Justice is currently causing a stir throughout Austria: As is known, several animal welfare and environmental organizations are fighting before the Tyrolean State Administrative Court against the decision by which the Tyrolean state government temporarily granted permission to kill a wolf. However, the Tyrolean Administrative Court doubted the validity of the ban on wolf hunting.
The European Court of Justice investigated and ruled on Thursday that the investigation revealed nothing that could affect the validity of the strict protection of wolves in Austria. However, this could change as a result of the European downgrading of the protection status from “strictly protected” to “protected”. This has been sought for several months, in Austria mainly by representatives of the ÖVP. A majority of EU agriculture ministers also wanted to downgrade the protection status of wolves and in May called for a vote on this on 17 June in the Council of the responsible environment ministers. Austrian agriculture minister Norbert Totschnig (ÖVP) raised the issue again in May.
Source: Krone
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