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Resurgence of wolves in Germany sparks debate on culling![]()
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Wolf management regulations flow from the European Union to its member states, and earlier this week the European Commission announced that a new study would review wolves' protected status.![]()
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In Germany, state governments are responsible for implementing wolf management and livestock protection. That is partly a reflection of local needs, which vary between urban and agricultural areas.![]()
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It also means it is up to states to provide resources and financial support for livestock protection, such as electric fences.![]()
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Conservationists and farmers are not always as far apart as it may seem on the surface. Both agree that existing protections already allow shooting wolves as a last resort and "exception," Marie Neuwald, wolf specialist at conservationist group NABU, told DW. Doing so, however, neither deters wolves from going after grazing animals nor can bring dead ones back to life.![]()
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"You will only teach a wolf to stay away from herds with measures like an electric fence," she said.![]()
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The Green ministers' statements, she added, were simply meant to make the rules of engagement clearer — in limited cases where protection measures fail. They did not, she insisted, mean it was open season on wolves.
Resurgence of wolves in Germany sparks debate on culling – DW – 09/07/2023
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Some of Germany's top Green Party politicians want to ease restrictions on shooting wolves that attack livestock. The environmentalist party is under pressure to balance nature protection with farmers' liveliho...
M1197 - Luis.-Arizona![]()
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Mexican wolf M1197, Luis (also called Louie), was born in 2010 at the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Missouri. ![]()
He and 3 brothers moved to the Albuquerque Biological Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2012, where they remained together for several years.![]()
Luis moved to Southwest Wildlife in December 2018 and was paired with female Mexican gray wolf F1034 Penny. ![]()
Although Luis is a shy wolf around people, he and Penny are quite happy together in an off-exhibit enclosure at the sanctuary![]()
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