After Downgrading of Wolves' Protection Status: Lawsuit Filed at ECJ

The lawsuit was filed by the animal protection associations Green Impact, Earth, LNDC Animal Protection (all Italy), One Voice (France) and Great Lakes and Wetlands (Hungary).

Lack of Scientific Input: Annulment for Downgrading Wolf Protection?

"The EU proposal to reduce the protection of the European wolf is not scientifically based and represents a dangerous precedent, which is why we have objected," stressed Gaia Angelini, President of Green Impact. The proposal "is based on a report commissioned and funded by the European Commission, which was prepared by a consulting firm and not reviewed by experts," Angelini criticised in a press release on Tuesday.

The complaint was filed after errors in the procedures of the EU and the Bern Convention, which concern wolf protection, were uncovered, it was said. These include a lack of scientific support, no scientific review process, and a lack of democratic processes that barely take into account the demands of NGOs and citizens, the animal protectors emphasised. If the complaint of the five organisations is upheld, this could lead to the annulment of the legal acts based on Decision 2024/2669/EU (downgrading of wolf protection), including the proposal presented by the EU at the meeting of the Permanent Committee of the Bern Convention.

(APA/Red.)

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