When is it acceptable to kill a strictly protected carnivore? Exploring the legal constraints on wildlife management within Europe’s Bern Convention

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Nature Conservation 21: 129-157
https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.21.12836

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Abstract
Introduction
Europe’s carnivores – recovery and conflicts
The multi-functionality of large carnivore hunting
Large carnivores under the Bern Convention
- A note on interpreting the Convention and its relationship with the EU Habitats Directive
- Does the Bern Convention seek to conserve wildlife populations or to protect individual animals from being killed
- The role of cultural requirements within the scheme of the Convention
Exploring the legality of lethal control
- Condition #1: No satisfactory alternatives
- Condition #2: No detrimental effect on the population
- Serious damage
- Overriding public interest
- Public safety
- Judicious use
- Ending suffering
- Guidance from the Habitats Directive
Conclusions
- The Convention’s objectives
- Proportionality
- The need to document reasoning and utility
- Which public
- Strict on goals, flexible on means
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