nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/a42a9ee10cbd6794 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250702s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/a42a9ee10cbd6794 doi eng 342 23 Wolthuis, Bertjan Author aut A Wolf’s Right to the Surface of the Earth - The EU Habitats Directive, Animal Politics, and Kant Wolthuis, Bertjan Verfassungsblog 2025-07-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The European Union recently changed the legal status of the wolf from “strictly protected” to “protected”. In this contribution, I advocate a different response to the problem that wolves prey on animals kept by humans: the further development of the European ecological network called Natura 2000. The premise of my argument, based on animal rights theory and Kant’s philosophy of law, is that wolves have the right to be on Earth. In the past, humans have tried to eradicate wolves, which is a clear violation of this right. I argue that this historical injustice generates the duty to restore the habitats and natural infrastructure used by wolves. CC BY-SA 4.0 Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union EU Charter EU Law Philosophy of Law animal rights animal welfare (DE-588)4619834-9 gnd Charta der Grundrechte | Europäische Union Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/animalrights-charter-wolves/ raw object