The population is growing strongly, at the same time the damage caused by the animals. Styria is now planning a regulation that even makes “ultimately” problem saving “possible. You also want to change a lot when dealing with predators and strengthening hunting legislation.
The number of beaver areas has grown by 85 percent in Styria within five years and nearly 1,000 animals are counted in the state. Land and foresters complain about fallen trees and hidden drainage and demand measures.
The state of Styria now fulfills this call. Such as agricultural councilor Simone Schmiedtbauer (ÖVP) and the Environmental Councilor Hannes Amesbauer (FPö) have announced on Friday, a separate regulations are developed that “, especially with so-called problem security, insufficient, fast and right-wing solutions in the event in the event. event in the event of the event in the possible houses enable to harm “.
Bundling in hunting legislation
In addition to the Regulation, the government is planning a package of measures on predators (predators). Specifically, Wolf, Lynx, Otter, Wildcat, Bait crow and brown bear are meant. The currently shattered responsibilities will be bundled in the hunting legislation in the future. In the administration, the threads then come together at the Department of Agriculture and Forestry (A10). This should guarantee “efficient administration”.
But it also shows the content of the content. The government justifies this with “concrete developments”: this year there should already be several confirmed Wolfsrisse in Styria, there are countless sheep and a calf killed the wolf scheme that has been valid since the previous year (which means that the shooting of problem wolves) has been expanded for another year. The otter “who is in a favorable state of preservation and causes damage in the millions in the pond industry” is also mentioned.
“We don’t want to eradicate animal species”
To perform all this, various legal changes are required, which the State Parliament must first decide. The new regulations must be taken into operation in the spring of 2026. “We combine the protection of nature with the protection of people and their infrastructure in rural areas, as well as important user interests,” says Staatsraad Amesbauer.
And Schmiedtbauer states: “We certainly do not want to eradicate animal species – but we are on the side of our farmers and the entire rural area. That is why we respond to the increased conflicts and we create easier solutions to remove. The regulation in the hunting law is the basis for this.”
Source: Krone

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