Wolf Law Revised Shortly?

I've chatted a good bit over the past five years about the increasing numbers of wolves in Germany, and the likely scenario that wolf hunting will be eventually approved (German environmentalists would be shocked over that suggestion).

 Well....today, the Bundestag got around to discussing this.

What they say is that 'yes, wolves are protected'.  However, there is now a regulation that you could use for a authorized wolf hunt.

Part of this rule change is the number of wolf attacks on farm animals.

What the law says is that if an attack has occurred in the local area, with state authorities contacted and evidence presented....then they could authorize a wolf to be shot....to ensure no further attacks occur.

Then, and only then....could a hunter be given a permit to hunt in that local area, for that particular wolf.

A lot of 'ifs'?  Yes.

You would assume at least 24 hours will be required before the evidence is presented and some hunting 'commission' will approve the hunter, or hunters.....are allowed to start this process.  Might that wolf leave the local area?  Maybe.  But it might be curious how many days are allocated to the hunter.  If he gets ten days to start this hunt....he might be able to track the wolf down. 

Could this lead to forty-odd wolves killed in one single year?  I'm guessing that the environmentalists will work to prevent that, but most farmers aren't exactly pro-wolf, and you could see this regulation go to some extreme.