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Wolf or dog? Why wolf attacks often remain unproven.
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (395+ words) A dead family dog in Tuscany triggers international headlines, yet the perpetrator remains unconfirmed. In a Tuscan village, a large, canid-like animal killed a family dog while a two-year-old child stood nearby: this report spread through the European tabloid press…...
Capercaillie extinct in Fribourg, hobby hunters demand night vision devices
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (402+ words) While an emblematic species of the pre-Alps disappears from the canton of Fribourg, the hobby hunting lobby is demanding more night vision devices and an earlier roe deer buck hunt. Two reports from the canton of Fribourg do not fit…...
Baltics: 410 wolves to be killed despite data criticism
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (700+ words) The country's own audit office classifies the forestry authority's population data as unverifiable, yet the kill figure rises regardless. Latvia has raised the permitted kill volume for wolves for the 2026/2027 season from 370 to 400 animals; the hunting season has been running…...
Wildlife damage Grisons: hobby hunting has missed its target since 1989
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (870+ words) Since 2012 the canton of Grisons has spent over 17 million francs on fences, nets and plastic tubes to protect the forest from cloven-hoofed game. A motion in the cantonal parliament now demands that all follow-up costs be disclosed. What no one…...
Wolf fund SVP Schwyz: Donations for mistaken wolf kills
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (878+ words) Over 10,000 francs in pledges for fines that no one has yet had to pay. An appeal that leaves three questions open. No lynx culls in Valais The lynx is genetically at its limit, yet Valais is set to become the…...
Ban on the release of bred animals for hunting purposes
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (434+ words) The Government Council is instructed to amend the cantonal hunting legislation so that the release of captive-bred animals of huntable species for hunting purposes is prohibited throughout the entire canton. In the alternative, the Government Council is instructed to set…...
Hunting lie: doctored accident figures, concealed perpetrators
1+ week, 1+ day ago (888+ words) A European comparison is meant to make hobby hunting look harmless, but whatever doesn't fit simply isn't counted. And when a hobby hunter shoots his wife, the media conceal who the perpetrator was. Once again hobby hunters are distorting figures,…...
Faido/Leontica: hobby hunter, not an isolated case in Ticino
1+ week, 3+ day ago (763+ words) A 59-year-old hobby hunter shoots his ex-wife and blows up a house, RSI confirms his hunting status, and it is already the second documented Ticino case involving a hobby hunter and a silencer. On Thursday, 9 July 2026, a 56-year-old woman is…...
Japan's Bear Crisis 2026: Why the Wolf Is Missing
1+ week, 6+ day ago (293+ words) Record numbers of bear attacks and sold-out robot wolves show how much Japan misses the apex predator it wiped out over 100 years ago, while in Switzerland the same predator is systematically hunted despite its return. On 24 June 2026, the Japanese supermarket…...
Le Lherm: municipality bans hobby hunting from its land
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (242+ words) After nearly three years of legal dispute, Le Lherm near Toulouse achieves a first: the exclusion of hunting from all municipal plots. After years of legal dispute, the southern French municipality of Le Lherm has succeeded in banning hobby hunting…...