The reasons for the rejection
The Council of State, which earlier this month suspended the decree to cull two wolves issued by the Province of Bolzano following predation this summer on a mountain pasture in the Upper Venosta Valley, has declared the precautionary appeal filed by ENPA, LAV, and LNDC Animal Protection inadmissible, as the deadline for implementing the decree has expired.
Animal rights disappointment
The same associations, however, do not want to give up: " We trust that the Bolzano Regional Administrative Court will fully accept the detailed arguments we have put forward, confirming the illegality of the killing during the merits of the trial. Even when the weakening of these animals' protection status, which unfortunately has already occurred in European legislation, is implemented in Italy, no wolf will be allowed to be touched if there is a bloodless alternative, namely the numerous other effective and satisfactory solutions provided for by the directive itself, to prevent predation ."
What will happen now
The well-known animal rights activist then added: " We are pleased to learn that the second wolf targeted by the Province of Bolzano is finally safe, but we also demand justice for the wolf that was brutally killed. We trust that the judiciary will declare the killing illegal, something that could and should have been avoided, and was carried out solely to gain the electoral consensus of hunters and farmers ."
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