Bavaria's Ban on Otter Hunting Remains in Effect
The regulations, which were established in August 2023, should aid the fishing industry. The State Agency for Agriculture was responsible for setting the upper limit of animals to be killed, and they capped it at 32 per year. The Administrative Court, however, had an issue with this as the specific maximum was not set within the regulations themselves.
The Federal Nature Conservation Act allows exceptions to species protection, but the Bavarian approach is not in line with the intended exceptions. The Administrative Court had previously nullified the regulations back in November through an emergency ruling. It has now denied the possibility of appealing the case at the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig. However, Bavaria can still file an appeal against this rejection.
Umwelthilfe and Bund Naturschutz Bayern are pleased with the court's decision. As explained by Sascha Müller-Kraenner, the Federal Managing Director of DUH, "it hasn't even been proven that the killings would have prevented significant detriment to the pond economy."
The State Managing Director of BN, Peter Rottner, urged the government to "more effectively support the pond industry as a whole" and implement "a substantially increased basic subsidy for fish ponds and to promote biodiversity," both of which have long been demanded by representatives from the fields of nature conservation and the pond industry since 2019.
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Source: www.stern.de
