Switzerland’s cantons can kill a total of 12 wolf packs. The Federal Office for the Environment has approved corresponding applications from five cantons. Only one application from Ticino to remove the entire pack in the Onsernone Valley was rejected.

In a press release issued on Tuesday, the federal office explained that there had not been any wolf kills in protected situations in the Onsernone Valley in the past 12 months. However, Ticino could shoot two-thirds of the pack’s young wolves. ...