The Wolf central in the recent approval of the regulations that prevents food waste and that it is precisely the subject of cancellation by environmental organizations that believe that a provision in this law “the prohibition of the Deadly control of wolves Already other protected predatory species under the pretext to improve the efficiency of the productive system.
Thus, these defenders of this animal are of the opinion that this regulation “violates European legislation seriously, when the Habitats Directive (92/43/CEE) and the Birds Directive (2009/147/EC) determine the exceptions to generic prohibitions in the protection of species, Especially to kill or catch animals ».
In the same complaint they consider that “this regulation responds to the pressure of Cattle and hunting lobbiesNot only contrary to environmental legislation, but also the international obligations of Spain on biodiversity and ecological transition ».
The law that opens the door to the deadly control of Lobos
For the European Commission, environmental organizations have the recent approval of the law prevention of losses and the food wasteSpecifically for his octave extra determination, which opens the door for the deadly control of wolves and other protected predatory species under the guise of improving the “efficiency of the productive system”.
The octave additional provision of Law 1/2025 on “Control of the predatory natural species in efficiency of the productive system” establishes that: “The measures of extraction and capture of copies of wolves and, in general of any kind of predatory that have a high impact on the productive system, will be adjusted to the requirements Provided for the Guarantation of the Conservation of Native Native Species in a Special Protection Regime, The Applica Regime Proviveded because in Article 61 of Act 42/2007, of December 13, of natural heritage and biodiversity ».
“For these purposes, exceptional authorizations, in addition to the in Article 61.1 that are provided in Article 61.1, may be justified in the efficiency of the productive system.”
They believe that this measure seriously violates European legislation, when the Habitats Directive (92/43/CEE) and the Bird Directive (2009/147/EC), both important standards for the preservation of biodiversity in Europe. In particular, Article 16 of the Habitats Directive and Article 9 of the Birds Directive by Act 42/2007 of December 13, of the natural heritage and biodiversity, in particular by the above articles or intake of the species, were transferred to the Spanish legal system to the Spanish legal system.
For environmental organizations, Law 1/2025 introduces a new unprecedented exception in European law Productivist logic of the Agri Food system. “This is not only unacceptable from an environmental perspective, but violates recent penalties from the Court of Justice of the European Union (Tjue) that require rigorous scientific motivation and non -decisive alternative measures before he allows a population control of protected species.”
Biodiversity, and the wolf, as a victim of the agro -industrial system and political denialism
They reject that this law, instead of applying coexistence strategies and damage prevention, as required by European legislation, He chooses to allow the conquest and death of animals in the wild to protect productive interests in the short term. This is a step back in the modern management of human fauna conflicts and a claud for the most conservative sectors of Agribusiness and hunting.
The reported disposition would make it possible to kill wolves and other predatory species, from brown bear and meloncillos to crows or birds of prey, because of the “efficiency of the productive system”, without evaluating the conservation status or to guarantee the application of alternative methods. The recent case law of the Tjue has been bone in this regard: the exceptions must be punctual, scientifically justified and subordinate to the non -existent of other satisfying solutions, which fully ignores law 1/2025.
That is why they asked the European Commission to open a sanction file against the Kingdom of Spain for the poor transposition of European Biodiversity Guidelines, including an exception that is not permitted to undermine the legal protection of endangered species and to violate the basic principles of community law.
They claim that this regulation responds to the pressure of cattle and hunting lobbies, against not only environmental legislation, but also the international obligations of Spain on biodiversity and ecological transition. This law is an attack on democratic values, biodiversity and common sense.
That is why they demand the immediate withdrawal of the Octave Extra determination of the aforementioned law and a radical turn in the agricultural and biodiversity policy, bet on agro -ecological systems and the Responsible coexistence between economic activities such as extensive livestock and wildlife.