Pravni vidiki odvzema volkov iz narave z odstrelom zaradi preprečevanja resne škode

slovenian

2024

volume 79, issue 7/8

conditions for wolf culling   Habitats Directive   permit   precautionary principle   prevention of serious damage to property   principle of legality   Regulation on protected wildlife species

Univerza v Ljubljani, Pravna fakulteta
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

The paper discusses the legal aspects of culling wolves as a measure to prevent serious harm, with a focus on (recent) case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the conditions under which culling is permissible. It analyses three recent decisions of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning regarding the wolf culls. This analysis considers the Guidelines for Proving the Conditions for the Removal of Wolves from the Wild by Culling, aiming to determine whether administrative practice has changed or improved following the latest relevant decisions of the Administrative Court and the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia. The article also examines various legal quandaries presented the current regulation on the wolf removal in the Regulation on Protected Wildlife Species. It questions the compatibility of these regulations with the principle of legality and debates the suitability of enacting the measure of wolf removal through a by-law, specifically a government decree.

12.11.2024