EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has denied ordering the culling of a wolf suspected of killing her pet horse.
Dolly, a pony belonging to Mrs von der Leyen, was savaged at her house in rural Decrease Saxony, northwest Germany, on September 1.
The European Commision president, a eager equestrian, mentioned her household have been ‘horribly distressed’.
DNA proof recognized the perpetrator as a wolf linked to 12 different killings. Officers had beforehand issued a bounty for it to be shot however the wolf was by no means caught.
Dolly, a pony belonging to Ursula von der Leyen (pictured collectively), was savaged at her house in rural Decrease Saxony, northwest Germany, on September 1
DNA proof recognized the perpetrator as a wolf linked to 12 different killings (inventory picture)
Shortly after Dolly’s loss of life, Mrs von der Leyen ordered EU officers to hold out evaluation into the risks posed by wolves.
In November, she wrote to members of her German Folks’s Social gathering saying: ‘The Fee recognises that the return of the wolf and its rising numbers result in battle.’
That very same month, centre-Proper members of the European Parliament secured a decision calling for legal guidelines defending wolves to be eased.
Nonetheless, the European Commision has denied the proposed change was pushed by a need from Mrs von der Leyen for revenge.
Agricultural teams and politicians in Germany had beforehand referred to as for guidelines to be relaxed over all types of catching and killing wolves, though environmental campaigners accuse Mrs von der Leyen of stoking a tradition struggle over the wolf.
They mentioned it was good that ‘after being getting ready to extinction, massive carnivores have been making a outstanding comeback to Europe’s landscapes’.
However Pekka Pesonen, secretary normal of agricultural group Copa-Cogeca, claimed wolf assaults are forcing farmers to give up.
