Brandenburg Wolves: Current numbers and discussion about faster kills

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Potsdam. The wolf - the emotions cook up again and again on this topic. Some worship the species, which is strictly protected in Europe, which regulates the game population in the forest ecosystem. The others, like pasture holders, curse the wild, mostly hunting prey. This no longer just jumps over fences and tears sheep, but also attacks cattle and ponies. According to a report by www.maz-online.de, the proposal of Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) ensures that individual wolves can be shooted faster, lighter and more easily, for a lively discussion-which can also have consequences for Brandenburg. Most wolves live nationwide in Brandenburg. Current numbers ...
Potsdam. The wolf - the emotions cook up again and again on this topic. Some worship the species, which is strictly protected in Europe, which regulates the game population in the forest ecosystem. The others, like pasture holders, curse the wild, mostly hunting prey. This no longer just jumps over fences and tears sheep, but also attacks cattle and ponies. According to a report by www.maz-online.de, the proposal of Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) ensures that individual wolves can be shooted faster, lighter and more easily, for a lively discussion-which can also have consequences for Brandenburg. Most wolves live nationwide in Brandenburg. Current numbers ... (Symbolbild/MB)

Potsdam. The wolf - the emotions cook up again and again on this topic. Some worship the species, which is strictly protected in Europe, which regulates the game population in the forest ecosystem. The others, like pasture holders, curse the wild, mostly hunting prey. This no longer just jumps over fences and tears, but also attacks cattle and ponies.

According to a report by www.maz-online.de, the proposal of Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens), to shoot off individual wolves faster, lighter and uncomplicated, ensures a lively discussion-which can also have consequences for Brandenburg. Most wolves live nationwide in Brandenburg. According to current figures from the federal documentation and counseling center for the wolf (DBBW), there are 52 packs and 10 couples in Brandenburg. 190 puppies were born in Brandenburg in 2022.

The regulations in Brandenburg are based on the 2018 Wolf Ordinance. According to this regulation, the State Office for the Environment decides when a wolf becomes a striking problem wolf and which measures should be taken. The killing of wolves is the last remedy if milder measures do not work. According to the report, a total of 53 dead wolves were found in 20222/2023, four of which were killed illegally and three were shot on the basis of the wolf regulation.

Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke wants to enable faster kills of individual wolves in Germany. The federal states are intended to determine certain regions in which increasing wolves cause damage, and in these regions there is an exemption for the shooting of wolves that have torn farm animals. A time-consuming DNA analysis before shooting should no longer be necessary. However, there are shared opinions on these plans. Environmental associations and the Greens welcome the suggestions, while country users such as hunters and farmers express concerns.

SPD Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke is also against Minister Lemke's suggestions and calls for a "paradigm shift" in dealing with the wolf. He wants to have a simple regional possibilities for reducing the inventory and shooting options, since the load limit in Brandenburg has been exceeded. The hunting law, which is currently being revised, should not include the wolf, but the SPD and CDU want to urge in the parliamentary procedure to include the wolf into the law.

In Sweden, the so-called protective hunt is used, in which striking wolves are "removed", without prior DNA analysis. Sweden has a target of 310 wolves, while Brandenburg currently houses around 1,000 wolves.

Source: https://www.maz-online.de/brandenburg/wolf-debatte-konflikt-bund-und-bundeslaender