wolf less protected, sheep in peace?

In Cornus, Romain, Stéphanie and Nicolas Fabre deplored three attacks in 2017, after a “wolf ruled out” observation in 2015. In the summer of 2024, they noted new losses.

Following the decision to downgrade the wolf from a “strictly protected” species to “protected” by the Berne Convention on Tuesday December 3, 2024, Le Progrès met with pastoralists in Aveyron around this question: the lowering of the status will he save the sheep?

On December 3, 2024, the standing committee of the Berne Convention downgraded the wolf from “strictly protected” to “protected” species. A symbolic measure of this international convention bringing together 49 States, born in 1979, which has the role of ensuring the conservation of wild life and the natural environment of Europe. But the wolf reclassification process is not completely complete: Member States have until March 7, 2025 to object or not. If the decision is validated, the European Union will be able to modify the “Habitats” directive, moving the wolf from Annex IV to Annex V, thus modifying its protection status. In this context, Le Progrès met stakeholders in pastoralism in Aveyron, around a question: is the lowering of the protection status of the wolf, which could make the species “huntable”, the solution to protect the herds and breeders? In this “difficult to protect zone”, defense and sampling shots can be authorized without obligation to put in place protection measures. Since 2014, the year when the first attack on a domestic herd was recorded in the department, they have intensified, particularly in Nord-Larzac. Lowering the protection status, a solution to the bankruptcy of the Wolf Plan? ” THE…

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