Margareta Sturemyr. Vice Chairman, Hunting critics
debater: Licensed hunting has become a commercial trophy- and recreational hunting
The last few days have been an advocate for hunting parties to the various types of media. Torbjorn Larsson fromSwedish Hunters Association spoke at lunch echo the 25 November regarding the proposed changesEU Commission has submitted to revisions in the art- and the Habitats Directive.
He was indignant that the restrictions in the license hunting and culling would be introduced and that the so-called socio-economic consideration would be removed from the Directive, which would mean that the people who live in areas with predators must take personal responsibility for their domestic animals, example hem the domestic cattle.
This week the European Commission amended its guidelines on state aid in the agriculture sector in order to enable Member States to provide full compensation to farmers for damage caused by protected animals, wolves, bear and lynx.
The changes make it possible to fully reimburse the cost of investment, made to prevent such damage, For example, to build electric fences or acquire Shepherds. A serious action to save our Swedish predator populations.
In Sweden now the Swedish wolf population in the so-called minimum level of "favorable conservation status" and licensed hunting for 2019 is stopped by the Environmental Protection Agency.