Proportion of female hunters is growing - focus on wolves

More and more women are going hunting in Saxony. There are currently around 14,500 people in possession of a valid hunting license, 18 percent of whom are women, as announced by the State Hunting Association ahead of the 37th State Hunters' Day in Großschirma (Mittelsachsen district). In 2024, the proportion of female hunters was still eleven percent.

Wolf problem a topic

The state hunters' conference, which Saxony's Environment Minister Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch (CDU) is expected to attend, will also discuss how to deal with the wolf. At the beginning of March, the Bundestag decided to make it easier to shoot wolves in order to protect grazing animals and, with the votes of the black-red coalition and the AfD, included the animal in hunting law. This makes it easier to kill so-called problem wolves - for example, if they have climbed fences and killed sheep. However, after the Bundestag, the Bundesrat must also give its approval before the new regulation can come into force.

More than 1,600 wolves counted nationwide

According to the authorities, more than 1,600 wolves were recently counted in Germany alone - mainly in the area from Lower Saxony to Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg to Saxony.

According to the Saxon Sheep and Goat Breeders' Association, 210 cases of damage were reported last year. 527 animals were affected, 416 were killed.