Letter to editor on “Wolf pack responsible for massacre”, 1 December, “Wolf damage quadrupled”, 29 November.

In Nölbling (K) 22 sheep were killed and six seriously injured and slaughtered, not only severely injuring the owner and his family, but also traumatizing the rest of the herd. Sheep no longer get pregnant, rams no longer mate. How is the economic damage caused by a traumatized flock of sheep measured?

Farm animals slaughtered and killed by wolves’ prey reflex (blood lust) – this is animal cruelty and can never be recorded and compensated in monetary terms! The attitude of the Austrian EU bureaucrats at the Bern Convention meeting is mind-blowing and mind-blowing!

WWF protects the wolf, we protect our animals. Shooting the wolf throughout the year – without saddles and butts – is essential and necessary!
Gerlinde Lang, meeting

More letters to the editor on the subject

Chasing, not just scaring

Wolves should not be frightened when they roam, but should be hunted like countless other non-predatory animals. The dance around the dangerous wolves is absolutely incomprehensible.
Karl Brunner, Klagenfurt

creating living spaces

Wolf damage quadrupled! And then there’s the damage from otters, beavers, and bears. Pictures in the article show the beauty of these animals. The text tries to present them to us as enemies and unreasonable contemporaries. We must be careful not to point a finger, let alone a weapon, to any creature connected to nature, including wild, untamed nature. We have repulsed wild animals very powerfully, taken over their habitats and are in the process of completely exterminating them.

The wolf has never, anywhere, done as much harm as we humans. On a larger scale, the damage we humans do to nature is many, many times greater, and there is no longer any need to pay for it or repair it. I hope we humans find smarter ways to protect our animals than to make the wolf an enemy and eliminate it. In terms of preserving diversity, we humans must find solutions to nature and its ecological systems with intelligence, creativity and humility to create species-appropriate and safe habitats for all.
Susanne Dorfler, Maria Saal

animal rights activists

Wolf conservation is pursued by “animal rights activists”, but where is the animal welfare for livestock? A small, noisy group that also has support in the media can do anything. A large part of the population has nothing to do with the wolf, which does not belong here and has brought the farmers to the brink of extinction, on the contrary.
If it’s true that some wolves were killed as “black”, that’s fine, because politicians disappointed the farmers anyway. If I were a mountain farmer and wolves attacked my flock, I would know what to do. In any case, I’m on the side of the farmers and their animals, not the few who see predators as more important than our farm animals.
Franz Mostögl, St. Andra

animal suffering

Hundreds of sheep have already been brutally killed by large predators such as bears and wolves in Austria this year! So where is the big response from animal welfare organizations and relevant NGOs? Nothing! That’s great, because you either oppose or not the suffering of animals! Here, a “blind” ideology seems to impede rational thinking and compassion or seem to have lost touch with reality.

Our Alpine landscape is highly populated and at the same time risks destroying crucial Alpine farming (environmentally and economically) and “soft tourism” because both bears and wolves (with increased herd formation) are associated with attacks on humans that need to be reckoned with. with! But then anyone who “keeps quiet” for unclear reasons or even calls for “inaction” is guilty.
Manfred WaldnerFulpmes