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Directive wolf-lynx - compensation
Service Description
In the case of an officially confirmed wolf or lynx kill, livestock owners can apply for compensation under the Wolf/Lynx Funding Guidelines.
Process flow
After a suspected wolf or lynx bite, you must contact the tear surveyor, who will record the damage on site.
With the damage report handed out, you can submit an application for compensation. After a positive review of your application, you will receive a grant notice with a payment request for the equity payment (compensation).
Who should I contact?
The granting authority is the Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation (TLUBN) Department 33 (Tel.: 0361 57 3943 390)
Competent authority
Thuringian State Agency for Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation (TLUBN)
Department 33 - Landscape conservation, nature conservation promotion
Harry-Graf-Kessler-Strasse 1
99423 Weimar
Phone: +49 361 57 3943 042
Fax: +49 361 57 3943 890
Requirements
You can apply for compensation if the following conditions are met:
- if the damage was reported to a wolf expert within 24 hours of becoming aware of it
- if the wolf has been identified as the cause of the damage or if it can be determined with a high degree of probability that the damage was caused by a wolf
- if notifiable animals have been reported to the animal health insurance fund of the state or according to the livestock traffic regulations
- if, prior to the first wolf attack, the animals were penned at least in accordance with the principles of good professional practice or were supervised on site by the owner, a person authorized by the owner or a trained herding dog or guard dog
- Or in the case of a repeated wolf attack:
If, in the case of the keeping of poultry, horses, and cattle, at least the principles of good professional practice and the resulting minimum standards for fencing were observed; or
in the case of keeping sheep, goats and animals of other livestock species whose height at withers does not exceed 112 cm in height when fully grown, optimal herd protection was in place. Optimal herd protection is explained in Appendix 1 of the guideline (see link).
Which documents are required?
The application documents can be found on the TLUBN homepage.
- De-minimis declaration (only from applicants who are not active in primary agricultural production).
- Proof of livestock by copy of the current animal health insurance certificate
- Damage protocol
You will receive all further documents for the payment of the grant with the notice of approval.
What are the fees?
none
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Applications can be made at any time.
Legal basis
Guideline of the Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation (TMUEN) for the granting of subsidies and equity payments for the avoidance or reduction of economic burdens caused by the wolf/lynx (Guideline Wolf/Lynx)
Applications / forms
There is no legal entitlement to the granting of an equitable payment (compensation). In the event of approval, the decision shall contain the usual appeal period of one month.
What else should I know?
Beneficiaries and recipients can be companies active in primary agricultural production. Applicants operating outside primary agricultural production may receive equity benefits as de minimis aid under Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013.
Supporting institutions
If you have any questions, you can contact the granting authorityKompetenzzentrum Wolf/Biber/Luchs | Thüringer Umweltministerium (thueringen.de)
as well as to your Natura 2000 station https://umwelt.thueringen.de/themen/natur-artenschutz/natura-2000/.
Comments
Other subsidies that may be of interest to sheep and goat farmers are:
- Directive sheep-goat premium
- further subsidies for landscape conservation, see link
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation
Professionally released on
02.03.2020
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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