Wolves swine fever stop

Alarm in lower Saxony, Germany

In lower Saxony &#8211 to the animal protection of illegal hunting on wild pigs, to contain the inventory; the Federal hunting act prohibited shooting of mother animals as well as the prohibited shooting animals from the car.

Fear of loss of revenue

Lower Saxony is „Schweineland“ with approximately 8 million domestic pigs. Of the meat, two thirds is for Export. The house should develop pigs in Germany to the disease, would import impose your such as China, Japan or South Korea probably an import stop.

Senseless Killings?

Animal rights activists criticize the mass killings of feral pigs is also contrary to applicable hunting law, only as unethical but also as meaningless. The hunters kill simply all the wild pigs you meet – instead of already Diseased.

Carrier: farmers and hunters

Wild pigs transmit the Virus to pigs in Central Europe, directly on the house, as they have in the industrial animal husbandry with their wild ancestors no contact. The infection is about the people: farmers, who are at the same time, hunters can drag the pathogens in the stables, if he sticks to your clothes, agricultural vehicles, tools and machines.

Disease-Fighter Wolf

Hunting wolves with the least amount of effort. Therefore, keep in feral pigs to the sick, young, or old animals. At the outbreak of a disease among the prey animals of the Wolf grabs automatically from the pathogen-compromised individuals.

Prey Is Wild Pig

Wild pigs belong to the prey of big cats such as Tiger and Leopard. Also bear succumbed occasionally one of the animals. In Germany there is only one animal Predators who hunts regularly black wild: The Wolf.

Slovak wolves make for healthy pigs

Two studies from the (classical) swine fever affected Slovakia showed that the areas of the wolf pack remained almost free from swine fever. 93 percent of all cases of swine fever were recorded in areas outside of the Wolf, even with a large density in the vicinity of the wolf areas, and only seven per cent within the wolf territories – and this is usually close to the border of the wolf pack.

Symptoms of swine fever

Affected animals suffer from General weakness and fatigue. You have a high fever, your bandage inflamed skin, and they eat hardly. They lie a lot and have respiratory problems. Typically, cramps, convulsions and a staggering gait. In short: you will lose grippers their vigilance against Prey, no more can flee from the wolves, or defend themselves. For hungry wolves the is winning the lottery.

Can replace the man with the Wolf?

The Slovak studies showed clearly that the disease spread even where there is a high hunting pressure by the people prevailed. Although you can neither prove nor disprove whether the spread slowed by human hunting, it is clear, however: The hunter Wolf looks much better than „Doctor of Wildnis“ as the hunter man.

Wolves protect instead of hate spread

In lower Saxony at least 18 wolf pack is now live, and their territories overlap between Hannover and Bremen with centers of pig fattening. In the case of the domestic wolves wild is boar to deer to the top of the dining plan. The best protection against the disease, the local pig farmers have in the woods on your doorstep: his name is Wolf.

Wash instead of shoot wolves

Lower Saxony’s new Minister for the environment, Olaf Lies ignored, however, even basic knowledge about wolf behavior and supports the Propaganda of a wolf Hetzer Lobby, which wants to enforce with hatred, fantasies, animal phobias, and invented a wolf only attacks: wolves to shoot. If farmers want to protect their pigs against the disease and at the same time, hunter, you should take first, the wolves your Job as the health police, and second, be careful not to drag any pathogens in the stables. (Dr. Utz Anhalt)

Source: wilderness-society.org on 7.12.2018: “wolf packs, manage disease outbreaks”, retrieved on 7.12.2018