
Germany Legalizes Wolf Hunting
Germany's lower house of parliament has voted to legalize wolf hunting in response to a rapid increase in the wolf population and attacks on livestock.
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Germany moves to legalise wolf hunting in response to livestock ‘bloodlust’
Lower house votes in favour of polarising law after rapid increase in population and attack on grazing farm animals Wolf hunting will be allowed in Germany under legislation passed by the lower house of parliament in response to a rapidly growing population and a sharp rise in attacks on livestock. The return and growth of the wolf population in the last three decades has emerged as a wedge issue in Germany, the land of the Brothers Grimm who popularised the spectre of the Big Bad Wolf. Cont...
By Deborah Cole in Berlin
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