In order to protect grazing animals, the Bundestag has decided to make it easier to shoot wolves. With the votes of the black-red coalition and the AfD, the animal was included in hunting law. Among other things, 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.
The number of wolves in Europe has almost doubled within ten years. By 2023, there are expected to be 20,300 animals. 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. While animal rights activists welcome this development, grazing livestock farmers are concerned about the safety of their sheep, goats and calves.
