Here is an update from old Europe on Austria's 1st world problem,
the re-introduction of the wolf.
It is gaining continous momentum.
As predicted the mufflon in the state-owned army-training area
"Allentsteig" is gone
- So what -
The next possible prey there would/could be the red-deer calf.
- So what -
But the wolf is an intelligent animal and found out that there is
an easy-prey-animal in the neigbourhood - private not-state-owned land - which does not need to be chased down,
the sheep.
Fences are not an obstacle for this predator.
So from multiple press sources, 31 sheep killed and message
from today in the boulevard the last sheep of one of these
sheep farmers is gone.
- So no longer "So what"
Even the leftie state TV could no longer ignore it.
The local authorities had to react- "Es hat alles seinen
bürokratischen Gang" - and issued an order to all the
"Jagdleiter" in the 2 affected districts allowing/advising
them to use "Vergrämungsmassnahmen" versus this
EU-protected animal. They are allowed/advised to shoot into
the air or use rubber-pellets.
If this does not help then there would be a research-project
to identify the bad-killer-wolfes.
..
I am wondering how long it will take till an outrageous
asterix of a sheep-farmer/hunter will be put into court
because it turned out that he did not stick to the old
triple-S-poacher rule ("Sehen/Schiessen/Silentium")
and misloaded his double-barreled-shotgun with buckshot
instead of the free-rubber-load.
As usual in life its always games people play.
So one should not wonder that a chap from one of these holy
animal protection/diversity communities told to the world that
its the sheep farmers who have to take care of the
protection of their animals.
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Weidmannsheil
FN
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Last edited by felix; 08/29/18 03:27 PM.