While experts in the Hohe Tauern National Park Center discussed possible solutions on Friday, farmers protested outside the protective measures for Isegrim.
“Coexistence with the wolf can and will never exist!” is the unmistakable announcement of Hadmar Rud, who organized the demonstration in Mallnitz. Every wolf that roams the Carinthian pastures is one too many. Numerous Carinthian farmers had to drive their animals back into the valley because of the threat of wolves.
Many of the 1,800 built-up alpine pastures are in danger of becoming overgrown if livestock stops grazing. “There is compensation for dead sheep, but there is no compensation for missing animals.”
“80 percent of the alpine pastures cannot be used”
Rud doesn’t attach much importance to the recommended measures: “It is suggested to put up electric fences that are 90 centimeters high. I know of pictures of wolves jumping over two meters high fences. Livestock protection is the beginning of the end. our alpine pastures are no longer usable.”
Some farmers who came to the demo suffer from it themselves, others fear for their animals. Farmers from Salzburg and Tyrol also made the trip to Mallnitz to draw attention to their situation.
Wolf-free zone required
“We want a wolf-free zone along the lines of Finland and Sweden. There it is possible, but here politicians fight against it because it is not legally possible. Do we have a different EU?” asks Reinhard Astner of the association Weidezone Tirol. The rally passed without incident. The reason for this was a conference of the Hohe Tauern National Park with the theme “The wolf in Carinthia – conflicts and solutions”.
Source: Krone
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