Senate Environment Commission ok's open season on predatory animals

In October the Senate Commission on Environmental Protection published a recommendation regarding "contemporary biological threats," expressing concern about "maintaining the delicate balance in wildlife". Encouraged by hunters, member of the commission agreed that it would be beneficial if the number of certain predatory animals such as ravens, falcons, wolves and beavers was reduced. According to the majority of preservationists, the Commission's document is full of nonsense since it was based only on a report by the Breeding Commission of the Council of the Polish Hunting Association. Janusz Okrzesik, a Freedom Union senator and the only member of the Commission not supporting the document, said that his colleagues had confused lobbyists with experts. The Ministry of Environment has referred the recommendation to the National Council of Nature Preserves.(Gazeta Wyborcza, p.3)