Co-ops welcome EU-wide lowering of wolf protections
From TheNews.coop:
The European Parliament voted to downgrade wolves’ conservation status from “strictly protected” to “protected” on 8 May, a move welcomed by agricultural co-ops but criticised by environmental groups. Proposed by the European Commission, the amendment to the Habitats Directive regarding the protection status of the wolf was adopted with 371 votes in favour, 162 against, and 37 abstentions.
Copa and Cogeca, the voice of European farmers and their co-ops, said the vote “marks a significant and long-overdue development in enabling EU member states and other European countries to apply effective management and monitoring of growing wolf populations across the continent”.
