The government declares war on wolves
A real shock. On September 23, 2025, the government announced its intention to make it even easier to shoot wolves. Currently, each shot must be authorized, which we can challenge in court. Tomorrow, farmers should be able to shoot… on simple declaration. This is a convenient solution that is not really a solution at all, blaming wolves for all the problems faced by farmers so as not to have to tackle the real issues, and simply buying a precarious social peace. But at what cost? We will continue to support the only approach that works, which remains completely ignored by the government and farmers: cohabitation.
From a “strictly protected” status to harassment by shooting
Despite citizen mobilization, the state remains deaf to the plight of wolves, which it continues to serve up to an intensive farming lobby that has only one goal: their outright extermination. A few months ago, European authorities lowered the species’ protection status from “strictly protected” to “protected”. The French government followed suit, inventing the absurd concept of “non-protectability” for certain herds to make shooting wolves even easier.
Today, another step has been taken. Shooting permits are still subject to strict conditions. These conditions are often ignored by the authorities, as confirmed by the courts, but they do exist. Tomorrow, farmers will only have to “declare” their shootings. Or when the state no longer even pretends to fulfill its duties. A bloodbath is planned.
Stop the escalation: there is only one solution, coexistence
What will be the next step? We can already hear the hunters approaching and demanding that hunting of the species be opened, because they cannot stand the competition or the fact that wolves are natural predators of wild boars. As for the farmers, if their distress is real, where are their tears when they send hundreds of sheep to the slaughterhouse? Slaughtering wolves will not solve any problems. The escalation must stop.
We stand ready and will challenge these deadly plans if they are implemented. Coexistence is possible, provided that the state provides the necessary resources and stops submitting to agricultural lobbies. Massive funding for protection measures: that is the only viable option!