It was the last step before its change in status could come into force: Thursday, March 8, the European Parliament in turn pronounced in favor of lowering the level of protection of the wolf, which will allow you to drive out certain individuals. For the first time since its adoption in 1992, the European directive “Habitats”, one of the fundamental texts in terms of nature conservation, will be revised to pass an animal species of “Strictly protected” has “Protected”.
This modification, desired by many states, including France, constitutes a strong political signal sent by Brussels to an agricultural world plagued by many difficulties. It is strongly contested by nature protection organizations, which recall that this downgrading is based on any scientific data and that it is in no way a solution to the problems encountered by breeders. The wolf, which had been almost eradicated from Western Europe in the middle of the 19th centurye century, there has been a remarkable return there for the past twenty years. About 23,000 individuals have been identified in the European Union (EU) and 60,000 breeding animals (0.065 % of the sheep) are attacked each year.
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