{"id":196098,"date":"2025-06-19T03:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T03:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/196098\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T03:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T03:31:10","slug":"wolf-removal-plan-deemed-unlawful-and-unfeasible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/196098\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolf removal plan deemed unlawful and unfeasible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/intime-wolf.jpg?v=1750176410\" alt=\"Wolf removal plan deemed unlawful and unfeasible\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/intime-wolf-960x600.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<p>The Nature\u00a02000 Committee has rejected a proposal to remove wolves from Mount Parnitha, calling the plan \u201cscientifically unfounded and practically unfeasible.\u201d The proposal, initiated by the Animal Protection Prosecutor to safeguard the local deer population, was based on a report by the Hunting Federation of Central Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The committee, the state\u2019s top scientific advisory body on biodiversity, noted that wolf removal violates EU law, as the species is strictly protected. \u201cThe wolf is a key component of Parnitha\u2019s ecosystem,\u201d the committee stated, adding that its past extermination disrupted ecological balance, especially after the 2007 wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>Experts also stressed the technical difficulty and ecological risks of trapping and relocating wolves. The committee concluded the plan prioritizes fulfilling a legal order over scientific reasoning, dismissing claims of public safety threats.<\/p>\n<p>The Hellenic Zoological Society and environmental group Callisto echoed concerns, urging an evidence-based management plan ensuring both wolf and deer populations\u2019 long-term viability.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[InTime News] The Nature\u00a02000 Committee has rejected a proposal to remove wolves from Mount Parnitha, calling the plan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[40607,728,729,12,70,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-196098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animal-protection","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-nature","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114707921914892207","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}