Unlike the wolf, the bear is not in good shape and, despite cracking, it cannot be shot. The provincial hunter of Tyrol, Anton Lercher, locates the reason for this in Brussels.
As reported, a bear sighting near St. Anton caused excitement. The Landecker SPÖ district leader LA Benedikt Lentsch immediately called for the shooting “to prevent a tragedy like in Trentino”. The most recent review finds that the hurdles are still too high – “because the EU is sticking to totally outdated, unrealistic guidelines”. This is putting more and more lives at risk: “This is not animal welfare, this is madness!”
Bear has torn sheep, the consequences remain
DNA has now proven that a bear killed sheep in Weißenbach. There will be no hunting ordinance like the one for wolves. “Our hands are currently tied because of the EU legal framework,” says LHStv. Josef Geisler expressed his “incomprehension that, despite the loss of livestock, there is no possibility of removal”. The reason is the EU criterion for the conservation status of a population, which is assessed nationally and not eg B. across the Alps.
“Massive lobbying by NGOs in Brussels”
Why has the EU not moved forward with this issue so far? “Because nature conservation organizations such as WWF, Four Paws and whatever they are called have a lot of money and lobby massively in Brussels”, state huntsman Anton Larcher does not mince words. There are seven million fighters in Europe with a budget of 1.8 million euros: “WWF Germany alone has 75 million. A wolf sponsor costs 15 euros per month. Thousands have signed. How can a city dweller behave like that towards the rural population that has to live here?” Larcher wonders.
The number of wolves doubles every three to four years
Ten years ago, he pointed out that wolves’ high reproduction rate – the population doubles every three to four years – would cause a huge problem. “I also saw that we hunters would eventually have the buck in our hands.” Larcher refers to enforcing shooting orders: “The wolf runs 100 kilometers a day. After two days we have a prescription within a radius of 10 kilometers. The wolf should be huntable all year round, then we have a chance.”
Larcher doesn’t see the bear as a big problem: “He’s usually shy and doesn’t reproduce very quickly. It’s only when he has behavioral problems that it becomes dangerous.” In this case, however, there is shooting – see “Bruno”.
Source: Krone
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