A group of five European environmental organizations has decided contract in court To reverse the change in the protection status of the wolf, which will predictably open the possibility of controlled predator hunting in certain territories. The resource presented by Green Impact, Earth, Nagy Tavak, LNDC Animal Protection and One Voice has been admitted in the Court of Justice of the European Union (Tjue), As announcedso it will pronounce in the coming months on the reduction in the protection of the wolf.
Specifically, NGOs claim that the decision adopted in September by the EU council in which the reduction in the protection of the wolf was proposed in the Bern agreement did not comply with European environmental legislation. The countries, the recurring say, voted without “scientific basis” for the decision to declassify the wolf from the list of strictly protected species and, in fact, were based “on the same scientific data that, in 2022, led to the European Union to vote against a similar proposal presented by Switzerland ».
Therefore, they ask that the decision of the EU council be annulled and, therefore, also the vote in the Berna agreement that was carried out a few months later and that reduced the level of protection of the wolves in Europe of “strictly Protected »A« Protected ».
“The Council ignored or underestimated a series of international scientific reports, including those prepared by the initiative of great carnivores for Europe and other authorized academic organizations, which show that the population of Lobos in Europe is still significant in danger,” they say The complainants, who add that the proposal was not transparent or objective.
«The reclassification of the wolf approved by the Council is based on An erroneous interpretation of the conservation status of the species and ignores the scientifically demonstrated risks for biodiversity and ecosystems, “they say.
In a second argumentative line, the appellants also claim that there is an adequate investigation into the status of the wolf to be able to respect the principle of “the best available science.” For example, they say that the conservation of the wolf not only depends on the number of specimens, but on genetics. In fact, they cite a report that suggests that the population of Iberian wolf, Scandinavian and Italian have an “insufficient genetic diversity.”
The vote in the Berna agreement last December has not yet entered into force and, in fact, it is not automatic. Only from Next March 7 The European Commission may propose a modification of community legislation, through the Habitats Directive, to adapt it to this new situation. This legislative reform must also be approved by Parliament and the Council. And then each country can decide what to do in its national legislation.
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