EU moves closer to allowing wolf hunting, including in Hungary - DailyNewsHungary

The Councillor for the Environment, Housing and Territory Planning, Juan Carlos Suárez-Quiñones, has described the reduction of wolf protection approved by the European Parliament as "magnificent news", a very important step because it will allow the autonomous communities, and in this case Castile and León, to recover their management once the proposal is formally approved and entered into force.Read more]]>

How much protection does the wolf need? The question has been controversial for years. The EU Parliament has now reduced the protection status of the wolf. Support comes from Brandenburg - and not only from the government.

The EU Parliament has voted in favour of changing the protection status of wolves in the EU, which means that, according to official reading, the wolf should no longer be strictly protected in the EU, but rather "protected". This would mean that all EU countries would finally agree that wolves could be shot down more easily. But not "fire free", as the EU Commission had proposed in its proposal in December 2023. Holger Winkelmann -Euranet Plus T…

EU moves closer to allowing wolf hunting, including in Hungary - DailyNewsHungary

The EP has taken a significant step toward downgrading the protection status of grey wolves across the European Union, sparking intense debate among policymakers, conservationists, and rural communities. In a recent plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs voted in favour of a proposal to reduce the wolf’s status from “strictly protected” to simply “protected,” aligning EU law with the Bern Convention’s latest decision. Background and motivation The …

European Parliament lowers protection status of the wolf

The Members of the European Parliament decided by 371 votes to 162 (with 37 abstentions) to change the status of the wolf in the European Habitats Directive from “strictly protected species” to “protected species.” The member states only need to formally approve the amendment. They will then have 18 months to adjust their legislation. With this adjustment, the EU aligns its legislation with the changed status of the wolf in the Bern Convention, …

Hardly any topic stands for the embodiment of green-left politics such as resettlement in the densely populated areas of Europe. Although there was never a logical answer to the question of what benefits a deadly predator should have among humans. The idea was based on ideological thoughts and was backward-looking, the implementation of romantic fantasies of rulers – against the will of the governed. The settlement of the wolf was a superior pro…