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Livestock protection in the Alps is a mostly forgotten practice since large predators vanished from the region. However, as large
Continue readingLivestock protection in the Alps is a mostly forgotten practice since large predators vanished from the region. However, as large
Continue readingAs their name says, livestock guarding dogs protect livestock from predators like the wolf. They live together with the animals
Continue readingOn the 26th of January the first multilingual Alpine Livestock Protection conference took place online. This conference was the official
Continue readingMajella National Park is one of the most impressive, wild and extensive mountain ranges of the Apennines. It is also
Continue readingIn October, following a long but seemingly successful petition by 31 Slovak organisations, the Ministry of Agriculture went against the
Continue readingAfter an appeal from WWF Austria and the Naturschutzbund Austria, it was decided that approval given for shooting a wolf
Continue readingImplementing effective livestock protection measures is key to reduce conflicts between humans and large carnivores. Large carnivores like the wolf
Continue readingWhat many conservationists expected is now confirmed: killing wolves does not effectively reduce livestock depredation. On the contrary, various methods
Continue readingChange can come in our life as a result of crisis, a result of choice, or just by chance. But
Continue readingFor the newly approved project LIFEstockProtect, parts of our team supported by highly motivated volunteers spent almost three weeks in
Continue readingLIFEstockProtect, the largest and most ambitious livestock protection project in the German-speaking region of the Alps, is off to a
Continue readingFor the newly approved project LIFEstockProtect, our team is in the field this week with a German television crew in Tirol
Continue readingThe Covid-19 outbreak laid many problems of this world bare. On one hand, it showed how much humans pressure wildlife
Continue readingAgricultural land covers 40% of the European Union. This means it is the most wide-spread land use in the EU
Continue readingA new study by German, Australian and American researchers reviewed data from all over the world to determine whether wolves
Continue readingEffective implementation of livestock protection measures reduce the human-wildlife conflicts. Especially between livestock owners and large carnivores like the wolf.
Continue readingBack in 2018, the wolf resettled in The Netherlands. A year later, in 2019, the first wolf pack established itself
Continue readingSince the wolf returned to the Alps, the human-wolf conflict increased in many rural regions. Especially livestock farmers and nature
Continue readingA verdict of the High Court of Justice of the region Castilla y León, Spain overturns the 2016 – 2019
Continue readingAn exciting international conference Livestock protection in the Alpine region will took place between the 21st and 23rd of January
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