Question 10973 — animals

Summary

Mr. Arnaud Viala questions the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, on the arrival of new harmful predators in France. Since the 1990s, the French wolf population has continued to increase due to the arrival of packs from Italy in particular. Recently, traces of a wolf of Baltic lineage were reported in Lozère by the National Office for Hunting and Wildlife in a press release. of June 29, 2018. These traces were discovered based on genetic analyzes confirming the arrival of strains from Northern Europe on French soil. This presence, although currently minimal, should not be neglected. France is at a migratory crossroads for many species and wolves of different lineages are increasingly settling there, threatening agropastoralism. Likewise, Haute-Savoie hunters have spotted traces golden jackal. The latter originally comes from southeastern Europe, but specimens have ventured deeper into eastern, northern, and now western Europe. However, unlike the Baltic wolf which is only a lineage of a species already present on French soil, the golden jackal is a completely new species on Western European and now French territory. The presence of the jackal worries breeders, This intelligent and gifted hunting species can cause a lot of damage to livestock and attack many domestic animals. Added to this is the risk of ecological imbalance created by the arrival of this new species in an ecosystem which is not necessarily capable of welcoming it. Furthermore, it is feared that, like the wolf, the jackal will expand its range in France and that in the years to come, they cross paths in many departments, far from the Alps, and causing damage which will add to the already very serious nuisance caused by wolves. These two examples demonstrate that the French territory is prey to damage caused by new predators which can very quickly prove harmful if no action is taken. Breeders are worried about the arrival of these new strains or species of large predators who will, without a doubt, attack the herds. He asks him how the Government intends to react to the appearance in the territory of new pests likely to disrupt the ecosystem and further threaten livestock breeding and agropastoral activities already strongly affected by predation by Italian wolves.

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