Crushing them alive with snowmobiles and shooting them from helicopters: Kamchatka has legalized unlimited killing of polar wolves.
Authorities Kamchatka the edges The wolf hunting season has opened. It will last until March 31, 2024, and will allow hunters to kill the polar representatives of this species without restrictions. Attention to changes in harvest regulations drew researcher Paul Pashkov.
According to a Kamchatka government decree, these measures were taken "to reduce reindeer mortality." However, the authorities aren't concerned with the possibility of wiping out the entire polar wolf population. This is a fairly high probability, as hunters receive a 40 ruble bonus for each wolf killed, and wolf hunting is not limited by gender or age—wolves, puppies, and pack leaders are all eligible.
Pavel Pashkov clarifies that on Kamchatka Hunters gather not only from all over Russia but also from around the world. According to the researcher, regional authorities have taken a policy of developing this type of "tourism," offering everyone the chance to enjoy the taiga and even transporting visitors to the slaughterhouses by helicopter. Safaris are organized for both small and large budgets.
“Official documents state that predators can be destroyed using hunting rifles, traps and snares, <…> dogs, any light devices, night vision devices, mechanical vehicles and aircraft, — writes Pashkov. “That is, wolves are allowed to be killed with torture devices, crushed alive by snowmobiles, and shot from helicopters.”
At the same time, wolves are an important part of the Earth's ecosystem, as proven by numerous studies, and their extermination inadvertently harms the planet and its inhabitants. This mistake has already been made in Australia and the United States, where wolves were completely exterminated.
"We required "They called on the government to stop ecocide, citing scientific research, including the tragic experiences of other countries where wolves were exterminated and ecosystems were completely destroyed. But our voices are too few." — writes Paul.
