"We have several thousand wolf attacks on grazing animals every year. That means an agonizing death. If you want to preserve grazing livestock farming, you have to reduce the population."
"The amendment to the federal hunting act will allow hunters to kill wolves in Germany from July 1 to October 31, though individual state governments will be required to implement their own wildlife management plans and decide for their own region to what extent wolf-hunting will be legal."
Germany's lower house of parliament approved an amendment to the federal hunting act reclassifying wolves as huntable species, effective July 1 to October 31. Individual state governments must develop their own wildlife management plans to determine hunting regulations for their regions. The government justified this decision citing 4,300 livestock animals killed or injured in approximately 1,100 wolf attacks during 2024, with herd protection costs totaling 23.4 million euros. This legislative change became possible after the Bern Convention downgraded wolf protection status from strictly protected to protected in 2025, triggering corresponding EU directive changes. Farmers have advocated for population control due to recurring livestock losses, though the policy remains controversial, particularly in southwestern Germany's Black Forest region where wolf populations remain minimal.
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