The European Parliament (EP) asked the community executive this Thursday to review the rules that protect large predators -such as the wolf, the bear and the lynx-, particularly in rural areas, a resolution that environmentalists condemn.
in a resolution approved by 306 votes in favor, 225 against and 25 abstentionsMEPs argue that the number of several strictly protected species of large carnivores has been on the rise in the European Union, arguing that farmers, herds and herds must be protected.
The resolution highlights the negative impact of wolf attacks on livestock, which are also coming very close to humans, and stresses the need to find the right balance between the coexistence of humans, livestock and large carnivores.
Bearing in mind that, in particular in wolves, the conservation status of the species already justifies the relaxation of protection measures, MEPs also call on the European Commission and Member States “to scientifically identify the best viable preventative measures to reduce attacks????????
The environmental organization WWF reacted to the approval of this resolution, pointing out that the PE is in “direct contradiction with scientific data that shows that, despite the recovery of many populations”, large predators continue to be threatened by poaching and degradation. . and fragmentation of their ‘habitats’.
The approach of wolves to residential areas -and attacks on ponies- has been denounced, for example, in the German region of Lower Saxony, where even the pony of the family of the president of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, escaped from a attack. in September. .
Source: Observadora
