Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024

Tabled by Ana Miranda Paz

Added: 3a. Strongly criticises the fact that the Commission cited a report by the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) specialist group to justify the downgrading of the wolf’s protection in the EU, despite having previously used the same report as the basis for opposing a proposal with the same scope and despite no significant changes in wolf populations having been recorded; is deeply concerned that the decision to downgrade the protected status of wolves – which lacks sound scientific evidence, exacerbated by the lack of public access to documents and insufficient efforts to implement adequate preventive measures, and is at odds with the provisions of the Bern Convention – has created a troubling precedent endangering the overall approach to the conservation goals and management of wildlife and natural habitats;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE776.240v01-00