Hunters consider the Federal Hunting Act to be exemplary

190.000 signatures handed over to Federal Minister Künast for preservation

"The Federal Hunting Act is exemplary and has also proven itself in terms of animal welfare and forest management! Deficits that exist in practice only arise from inadequate implementation of the existing regulations. There is therefore no technical reason for an amendment. The federal hunting law must remain unchanged”. This was stated by the chairman of the Federal Working Group of Hunting Cooperatives and Private Hunt Owners (BAGJE), Bernhard Haase, on the occasion of the handing over of 190.000 signatures to Federal Minister Renate Künast at the general meeting of the German Farmers' Association in Bonn. The signature campaign was initiated by the federal working group for the preservation of the federal hunting law.

“Hunting in Germany is both legally and organizationally exemplary and modern. An amendment would not be progress, but rather a step backwards,” Haase clarified. Due to the fact that the right to hunt is tied to the property, the property owners are involved in the implementation of hunting in their hunting grounds via the hunting cooperatives. By transferring the right to hunt to one person or group of people, the hunting ground system ensures that there is no competition between different hunters in one area. As a result, sustainable game management is ensured as a result of the system and the personal responsibility of landowners and hunters is strengthened. Demands for a revision of the regulations that affect the internal relationships of the hunting cooperatives, as well as changed minimum sizes of joint and private hunting districts would shake the balanced system of rights and obligations of the Federal Hunting Act without any technical reason.

BAGJE, founded in Münster in the summer of 2000, is the umbrella organization of the working groups and working groups of the hunting associations in the federal states. The aim of BAGJE is to work closely with the national organizations to represent the rights of the 4 million landowners in Germany as holders of hunting rights and to ensure the sustainable use of nature and the landscape.

Source: Bonn [dbv]