The Council of State is Critical of Plans by Outgoing State Secretary Jean Rummenie (Agriculture) to Be Able to Kill Wolves More Quickly. What Rummenie Wants is contrary to European Nature Conservation Rules.
Rummenie Grandly Announced His Plans at the End of Last Year. A Wolf That Attacks Livestock Twice in the Same Area Within Two Week Should Be Killed. The Livestock had protected to be well.
In Addition, Rummenie Wolves Wolves that are aggressively aggressive Towards people to be killed immediately without reason. The Protected Status was Changed From ‘Strictly Protected’ to ‘Protected’ Last Spring, but that Still does not sacrifice the Possibility to Shoot Wolves More Quickly, Says the Council of State, which Always Advies on New Laws.
The Reason Wolves Cannot Be Killed More Easily is Due to a Ruling by the European Court of Justice. If it is not clear Whether the Wolf is in a favorable state of conservation in a country, a wolf may only be killed in exceptional cases. The State of Conservation Says, As It Were, Whether A Species is Doing Well and Whether It is Sufficiently Stable.
It is not clear in the Netherlands Whether the Wolf is in A Favorable State of Conservation. Research is Being Done Into This, But That Report is not Yet Avisable. In Case of Uncertainty, the European Court of Justice Prescribes that an unfavorable state of conservation must be assumed.
Rules Too Broad Accordination to Council of State
As a result, the Council of State believes that the new rules that Rummenie Wants to Introduce are too broad. Accordance to the advisory body, Wolves can only be killed in the “most serious situations.”
If Wolves in the Netherlands are in a favorable state of conservation, there are more possibilities to kill wolves more quickly, the counter of state concludes. But at the moment that is still unclear.
Incidentally, The Province of Gelderland Has Already Issued A Permit to Shoot A Wolf That Attacked Livestock Almost Twenty Times in Voorthuizen in A Short Period of Time. Animal Organizations have objected to this. The Judge Will Hear the Case on Friday.
‘Not Strange That Gelderland Did Grant A Permit’
Accordance to Luuk Boerema, it is not strange that such a permit has already leg granted, but that the counter of state is critical of rummenie’s plans. He is a legal advisor in the field of nature conservation law. “The State Secretary Wants To Be Able to Determine in Advance That A Permit For Shooting Can Be Granted. The Council of State Says: That is not how that system works.”
IT MUST BE Considered on a case-by-case Basic Whether a Shooting Permit Can Be Granted. The Province of Gelderland Has Done This. However, The Judge Still has to rule on this.
It is also Possible That the Wolf Will Be Declared A Controversial Topic in the House of Representatives Until After the Elections. The Chamber Will Decide on this next week Tuesday.