In the debate about the return of the wolf, Lower Saxony’s Environment Minister Christian Meyer relies on a regular exchange between all those affected. An “open, transparent and ultimately target-oriented dialogue on wolf management, herd protection and grazing animal husbandry” is important, the ministry said in Hanover. This should be institutionalized and subject-oriented “with all interested associations”. Green politician Meyer told the “Nordwest-Zeitung” (Tuesday): “Both from the agricultural and environmental side there are positive signals and willingness to engage in dialogue, which we want to conduct unencumbered.”
Dealing with the wolf is always a controversial topic. While farmers suffer from attacks on their farm animals, conservationists point to the wolf’s continued high protection status. In a letter to members of the European Parliament, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced last week that the EU Commission wanted to examine the current protection status of the wolf.
Von der Leyen has already been affected by a wolf attack himself: As confirmed by the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment, the death of the pony Dolly, which belonged to the President of the Commission, can be traced back to a wolf attack. Genetic studies have shown that it is the wolf with the identifier GW950m, which has already killed several farm animals such as sheep, cattle and horses.
