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Fine for first Rhineland wolf kill since 1879
Published: 17 Jan 13 15:21 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20130117-47399.html
A 72-year-old hunter who shot the first wolf seen in the Rhineland since 1879 - claiming he thought it was a dog - has been fined €3,500 after genetic tests confirmed it had indeed been a protected species.
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The court ordered him to pay €3,500 - an estimate of 70 days of his income - for contravening the Animal Welfare Act. The court ruled the wolf had not been hunting the man's deer when it was killed and so the man had not been justified in shooting it.
The defence, which were pushing for all charges to be dropped, relied on the testimony of a behavioural biologist which threw doubt on whether the animal had really been a wolf.
However, the court ruled instead in favour of conclusive testimony from experts of the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, who said genetic tests on the body had proved it was a wolf originating from the Italian Alps.
However, the court said that although he should not have shot the wolf, the man had not broken Federal Conservation Act, because having never personally come across a wolf in the forest, he could not have known what it was.
The accused told the court that he had heard rumours of a wolf prowling around his part of the forest but had thought it so unlikely in that region that he had soon forgotten all about it, said the regional Rhein Zeitung on Thursday.
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He should have been fined, but drop the outrage. He did, after all, turn himself in.
I would like to sit down with this 72 year old man and eat a meat dinner while drinking a beer with the 86 year old that escaped last week for a beer on his birthday. It doesn¦#39;t get any better than eating meet, drinking beer, and storytelling from older individuals.
He shot it because he could,with no regard for whether it was wild or domestic,left it there where it fell (dumb mistake).
This nimrod gives all those that are responsible hunters and gun owners a bad name,
In his Revier, foresters provide him a plan of which animals must be harvested and which not. It is simply not a "shooting spree". He is also responsible for the habitat and well being of the animals and fauna in his Revier. It is a BIG responsibility!
Now, for those bashing hunters in Germany - People letting their dogs run through the forest off the leash is a big problem and yes, there are wild dogs in the forest as well. I have personally seen several animals, more specially Roe Deer, mauled by both wild and dogs off the leash.
Secondly, people are going deeper into the forests for recreation. Mountain bikers are creating illegal trails through areas where animals such as European Red Stags, bed down. They do not do well being disturbed and it stresses them.
People are throwing more and more trash into fields and forests, and yes, it is the Jägers picking it up.
As a Pächter, he is supposed to protect the Revier and yes, he did make a mistake based on never having seen a Wolf or not expecting one. Yes, he turned himself in and I am certain he feels badly about it. Give the guy a break here, folks. The vast majority of hunters in this country love nature and understand the dynamics much better than most folks. especially those who can't distinguish a Teddy Bear from a Polar Bear and end up getting eaten at the zoo.
The training and requirements to get a right to become a Jäger is hard, time consuming and expensive. IF you make the grade, you are a part of a social class with standards and expectations, not a "Bubba" buying a $10.00 license and a rifle at Walmart.
I also hunt but I know my target and beyond and if Iam not sure of what I am shooting at ,,I don't and anyone that does is irresponsible.
You make very valid points, but as you say, "The training and requirements to get a right to become a Jäger is hard, time consuming and expensive. IF you make the grade, you are a part of a social class with standards and expectations, not a "Bubba" buying a $10.00 license and a rifle at Walmart."
However I seem to remember when I did my Jagdschein some 20 years ago, animal identification was a HUGE part of the course and involved identifying silhouettes at large distances with binoculars, and a walk in the woods with the Miester identifying plants, birds and animals. One of the things that was stressed was the gait of similar animals to aid identification. Now I admit I have not hunted in 10 years, but the way a wolf moves and the way a dog moves are quite different. That saying I was not their, but knowing how some German hunters think, I suspect he thought that it was a hunting chance not to be missed, took the shot smiled to himself and was quite confident he would get away with it. However, bullet fragment analysis today is not what it was yesterday. Remorsefully handing himself in was just a$$ covering.