Overview

• CSU and Freie Wähler reached a cabinet-backed compromise after months of dispute, following mediation by Minister President Markus Söder.
• The package adds the wolf and golden jackal to Bavaria’s hunting law to enable targeted removals and to press Berlin to ease federal protection rules.
• Responsibility for cull planning shifts to local actors via a new green/red classification of 12,700 hunting districts, with annual on-site reviews and authority oversight in problem areas.
• Hunting seasons are adjusted so bucks and Schmalwild can be taken from April 16 instead of May 1, a move officials say better fits regional vegetation timing.
• The cabinet approved key points on September 9 and tasked the ministry with drafting the bill based on the agreed framework.