Wolf for shooting: Tyrol reacts to dramatic sheep tears!

Wolf for shooting: Tyrol reacts to dramatic sheep tears!

In the Stubai Valley in Tyrol, the state government has released a wolf for shooting due to an increasing number of sheep cracks. This was decided in response to the attacks in two alpine pastures in Neustift in the Stubai Valley, where four dead and three injured sheep were recently discovered. An injured animal had to be worshiped while another died of his injuries. The official veterinarian assumes that a wolf is involved, and to regulate the game population, the launch regulation comes into force at midnight for a period of eight weeks. The defined radius for shooting is ten kilometers. The responsible hunters were informed about the decision.

A wolf was already shown four times this year in the Innsbruck-Land district, including twice in Neustift in the Stubai Valley. The situation presents the authorities with a challenge, since the wolf has been at home in Austria since the late 1990s after it has been exterminated for over a century. In 2016, the all-level pack was established, and since then, populations have also been demonstrated in other regions of the country, such as in the Austrian-Czech border area, such as [naturschutzbund.at] (https://naturschutzbund.at/newsreader-36/items/rueckehr-des-nach- after-oesterreich-bundeslaender--kaum-Ver.html) reports.

challenges in wolf management

Austrian wolf management faces major challenges. The wolf management plan created in 2012 by the coordination office for brown bears, lynx and wolf (food) aims at a conflicting coexistence between man and wolf. According to naturschutzbund.at, however, the federal states are insufficiently implementing this plan. There is considerable improvement in improvement, especially in the areas of monitoring, herd protection and public relations.

Three federal states - Salzburg, Upper Austria and Vorarlberg - have reached about half of the management plan. Salzburg, for example, offers financial support for herd protection measures. Upper Austria has set up a dialogue platform, while Vorarlberg is investing in information measures. In contrast, Tyrol, Styria and Lower Austria are insufficiently prepared for the return of the wolf. Lower Austria has no concept to promote herd protection measures, and the information situation in Carinthia is particularly questionable.

demands for measures and cooperation

The persistent conflicts lead to demands for the killing of wolves, although according to the European Spirit Protection Directive, this is only legally permissible in individual cases. In addition, the nature conservation association demands close cooperation between Vienna and Lower Austria to improve management measures. The federal government is asked to quickly set up the planned Austrian center for the Wolf, inspired by existing structures in Germany.

The situation in the Stubai Valley illustrates the need for effective management strategies and preventive measures in dealing with the wolf in Austria. As reports exxpress.at, it is important to ensure both the protection of farm animals and to enable sustainable coexistence with the wildlife population.