Miljø- og Fødevareudvalget
Til:
Dato:
Miljøministeren
11. juni 2024
Udvalget udbeder sig ministerens besvarelse af følgende spørgsmål:
MOF alm. del
Spørgsmål 925
I brevet ”Letter to Ambassadors: Don’t downgrade wolf protection” fra 10 europæiske
organisationer af 8. maj 2024 anføres: “The main argument of the Commission for propo-
sing to lower the protection status of the wolf, is to avoid livestock depredation. However,
as highlighted in the own Commission’s in-depth assessment, allowing wolf hunting does
not reduce depredations. Moreover, the damage to livestock is predominantly a local
issue and remains limited on a large scale. Considering that there are 60 million sheep
in the EU, the level of sheep depredation by wolves represents an annual killing of
0.065%. Depredation levels are lower in the areas where large carnivore presence has
been continuous compared to areas where they disappeared and returned in the last 50
years. The availability of natural prey, landscape characteristics and the use of protection
measures also shape the incidence of damage to livestock. Therefore, reducing the
protection status significantly undermines the continuous efforts to implement measures
aimed at fostering co-existence between wolves and local communities. It creates the
perception that hunting wolves is a solution to livestock depredation, while it is clear that
continued investment in adequately implemented preventive measures is the only effec-
tive way to solve wolf-livestock conflicts”. Vil ministeren give sin faktuelle vurdering af
disse oplysninger, herunder i relation til de oplysninger, der er givet Folketinget igennem
regeringens samlenotat om EU-Kommissionens forslag jf. MOF alm. del – bilag 513?
Spørgsmålet er stillet efter ønske fra Marianne Bigum (SF).
Svar bedes sendt elektronisk til spørgeren på [email protected] og til [email protected].
På udvalgets vegne
Hans Kristian Skibby
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