Farmers sound the alarm

“Herd protection on alpine pastures is torture for sheep!”

Herd protection on Tyrolean mountain pastures with controlled grazing is obviously not the yellow of the egg.(Bild: zVg)

Herd protection is propagated by nature conservation organizations as a panacea against the appearance of wolves and bears on mountain pastures. But now it turns out that the supposed solution is causing new problems. The results of pilot alms in Tyrol are mixed, farmers are sounding the alarm.

"Herd protection projects work", is the message from nature conservation organizations everywhere, promoting the confinement of flocks of sheep on alpine pastures as a panacea to prevent wolf predation and an alternative to wolf culls. But opinions differ widely, even among sheep farmers, as to how well they work.