Hunting authority

Hunting authorities are administrative authorities that are locally and materially responsible for the enforcement of hunting regulations , including federal laws, and the respective state hunting laws and the ordinances issued on the basis of these laws.

Germany

Since the implementation of the federal laws and thus also the Federal Hunting Act is basically a matter for the federal states, the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection is not the hunting authority with regard to the implementation of the Federal Hunting Act. The organization of the hunting administration is regulated differently in the individual federal states. In general there is the Lower Hunting Authority , whose local area of ​​responsibility corresponds to the city or county . The higher hunting authority (also upper hunting authority or middle hunting authority ) corresponds to the area of ​​responsibility of the administrative district , the highest hunting authority to the responsible ministry or state ministry or senator. As a rule, the Supreme Hunting Authority has only a few administrative powers, but handles the general and nationally important hunting law and hunting policy tasks.

Situation in the Free State of Bavaria:

• Supreme hunting authority: Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests Department R4
• Upper hunting authorities: seven authorities each with the governments
• Lower hunting authorities: see list of districts and district offices in Bavaria

Situation in Hessen:

• Supreme hunting authority: Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (HMUKLV) Forests and Nature Conservation Department
• Upper hunting authorities: Kassel regional council (RPKS) with departments in Darmstadt and Gießen
• Lower hunting authorities: see list of districts and independent cities in Hesse

Situation in North Rhine-Westphalia:

• Supreme hunting authority: Ministry for the Environment and Nature Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MUNLV)
• Upper hunting authority: The state enterprise forest and wood NRW was founded on January 1st, 2005. It consists of the previous Higher Forest Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia and the previous state forest offices and the previous forest offices of the Chamber of Agriculture and the youth forest homes. The state company is the Upper Hunting Authority .
• The State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia (LANUV) became the forerunner institutions State Institute for Ecology, Land Management and Forests (LÖBF), State Environment Office (LUA) and State Office for Food and Hunting (LEJ) as well as the departments 50 of the district governments founded. This authority was previously the Upper Hunting Authority. Some areas of expertise of this authority are still relevant for hunting.
• Lower hunting authorities: see list of districts and independent cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

Austria

The hunting authorities in Austria are structured with district hunting authorities and state hunting authorities similar to those in Germany. Individual official tasks are carried out by representatives of the state hunters as a public corporation in order to ensure the implementation of the hunting law in Austria .

Switzerland

The competent authorities in the Swiss Confederation are the cantons that enforce hunting law in Switzerland .

Namibia

• Supreme Hunting Authority: Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Namibia)
• Higher hunting authority: Directorate of park administration and game management
• Representation of the majority of Namibian hunting guides, master hunters and professional hunters as well as hunting farms : Namibia Professional Hunting Association

Individual evidence

1. ^ Supreme Hunting Authority Free State of Bavaria, Department R4 ( Memento of the original dated December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
2. ↑ Upper Hunting Authorities in the Free State of Bayer, overview of the Bavarian State Hunting Association ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Hesse Highest Hunting Authority, Forests and Nature Conservation Department (HMULV)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
4. ↑ Obere Hunting Authorities in Hesse official website ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Supreme Hunting Authority North Rhine-Westphalia (MUNLV) ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
6. ↑ Upper Hunting Authority North Rhine-Westphalia ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ LANUV outsourcing of tasks to the Upper Hunting Authority ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia (LANUV) ( Memento of the original dated December 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.