Animals Canton of Bern orders the shooting of a wolf in Simmental
The canton of Bern has ordered the shooting of a wolf that is believed to have killed nine sheep in the Simmental. This was announced by the Bernese Environment Directorate on Wednesday. The Bernese farmers' association, among others, had called for the cull.
10.07.2024, 10:09
SDA
The sheep were killed between July 1 and 5 in the municipality of Boltigen. They belonged to a protected herd of 2,000 animals that are summered in the border area between the cantons of Bern and Fribourg.
According to the canton, the bite patterns point to a wolf as the culprit. The results of the DNA samples are still pending.
The perimeter of the shooting order covers the Walop/Stierebärgli summering area in Boltigen. It will be extended to the neighboring summering alps should there be a kill in a sufficiently protected herd within the one-month shooting period.
Associations with a right of appeal may lodge an appeal against the culling order. However, the Directorate of the Environment announced that any appeal would have no suspensive effect.
Last year, the cantons of Bern and Fribourg had already issued shooting orders for the same area. A wolf was subsequently shot on cantonal territory in Fribourg.
