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Neubrandenburg / Stralsund (dpa / mv) - The protest action by a shepherd who wanted to draw attention to the wolf problem with dead sheep in Stralsund's old town has met with a positive response from the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania farmers' association.
The campaign shows how much grazing animal owners in the northeast see themselves emotionally and financially under pressure from the wolf, said Farmer President Detlef Kurreck on Wednesday in Neubrandenburg.
On Tuesday, the shepherd laid out four carcasses of sheep that had been killed by wolves in Stralsund's old town to show them to passers-by in the pedestrian zone.
Shepherds and other livestock owners lose their animals when wolf cracks and have to recognize that their investments in protective measures are ineffective, said Kurreck.
According to the protesting shepherd, there had already been four wolf attacks on his sheep, even though they were behind a protective fence on pastures near Franzburg.
Since the pasture is on the edge of a popular walking path, no herd guard dogs could have been used on site, the association said.
The predators would have used this opportunity.
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Shepherds and other animal keepers will not replace the work they do with such incidents, Kurreck said.
Similar cases had occurred with suckler cow farmers near Ramin, where several calves had disappeared from the pasture.
So far, wolf cracks in the country have been meticulously investigated and documented, then things will go back to the agenda, criticized Kurreck.
The wolf population must be regulated.
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