Overview

• Schafzuchtverband chief Jonas Scholz says a quota is not herd protection and calls for full public financing of fences and livestock guardian dogs.
• BUND’s Carsten Preuß supports authorizing swift, unbureaucratic removal of wolves that breach protections, noting current procedures are slow.
• Breeders say an EU funding framework exists for herd-protection measures, but federal budget constraints have kept the money from being released.
• Recent quota proposals, including a floated 15% cull in Brandenburg, face firm pushback from sheep breeders and major NGOs such as BUND and Nabu.
• The Agrarministerium’s Wolfs-Plenum continues as conservationists cite a 20% drop in 2024 livestock attacks despite a slightly larger wolf population and argue broad hunting has failed elsewhere.