Animal rights activists' appeal rejected, lawful killing of two wolves
For the judges, it is a sustainable, appropriate and necessary measure in a context of urgency and particular criticality
Asustainable measure, suitable and necessary in acontext ofurgency and particular criticality. With this motivation, the Tar of Trento rejected the appeal of someanimal associations against the decree that gave the go-ahead to the killing of two wolves in Lessinia.
The judgement on the merits of the dispute comes after the rejection of the request for immediate suspension, pronounced first by the Trento Regional Administrative Court and then by the Council of State, regarding the lawsuit that the National Animal Protection Body, the Anti-Vivisection League, the Lndc animal Protection League and the WWF had brought before the administrative judges in reaction to the measure, adopted by the President of the Province, with the positive opinion of Ispra.
Damages to farmers
The Tar (Regional Administrative Tribunal) has been called to account for the numerous predations at Malga Boldera and the consequent damage to livestock breeders, to which the province's top management responded with the contested act. In its ruling, the panel of judges confirmed 'the sustainability of the measure adopted, indicated as suitable and necessary in a context assessed as urgent and particularly critical, in view of the satisfactory state of conservation of the wolf population in the province itself'.
The position of animal rights activists and the province
Obviously of a different opinion are the animalists, according to whom the responsibility for what happened is to be found in the inadequate care of the animals attacked by the wolves, which were unjustly killed due to human carelessness. For the associations, in fact, only the use of prevention systems properly maintained can reduce the risk of predation. While the killing of wolves can never be the solution.
President Maurizio Fugatti vindicated the correctness of the province's actions, saying that 'in full compliance with European legislation, the province intervened in the Sega di Ala case to protect mountain agriculture and the operators, who must be able to work in safety and peace of mind. At the same time, the province is attentive to the issue of wolves, also with reference to the other territories in Trentino, always having as its primary objective the protection of public safety and therefore of the activities linked to the mountain economy'.
