6 Amendments of Marco ZULLO related to 2017/2117(INI)
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the protection afforded to certain animal species under the Habitats Directive has l, as well as destruction of and deterioration of habitats, encroachment of hunting ranges by development, logging, and farming, rural depopulation and reduction in abundance and quality of their natural prey species have all contributed to increased attacks on herds of sheep and goats by wolves, bears and lynxes, thus worsening the precarious situation in which some farms find themselves;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas large predators have an instinctive wariness of humans and human activity and prefer to look for food in forest habitats; whereas people hunting in forests can change population dynamics of deer and other herbivores, so overhunting and lack of prey can also be a factor driving the predators to hunt outside their preferred forest ranges; other factors may include changes in the structure of the forest, for example due to timber extraction, so it can support smaller numbers of larger herbivorous prey;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas wolves are highly mobile large predators and will quickly repopulate vacated territories after culling, as long as there is a (re)population flow from their core species range; whereas a new pack can be less wary of human activity or can be even more aggressive predators of livestock than the ones they replaced, so predation management should seek to deter individuals and elicit cautious behaviours of habilitated packs;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Commission and Member States to consider rural development measures to protect herds from attack from predators and look into reviewing the Habitats Directive, with the aim of controlling the spread of predators by adapting the protected status of the wolf in certain grazing areas;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the need for an objective, science-based approach that considers animal behaviour, predator- prey relations, accurate quantification of predation risk by species listed in the habitats directive, hybridisation, range dynamics and other ecological issues in any suggestions considered;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Notes the partial success of schemes to re-introduce strains of sheepdogs in helping warn off wolves or at least hybrids; proposes “wolf ombudsmen” to mediate between various interests and also between protection status and the need to compensate for losses from wolf kills, following a successful model for bear ombudsman in some Member States;