Discussing future of alpine farming in Tschengls, South Tyrol
Since the 1960s, farming on alpine pastures is changing rapidly. With the return of large predators, such as the wolf,
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Livestock
Support livestock protection in the Alps!
The natural return of large predators to the Alpine region is putting many livestock farmers under pressure. In response to
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Why does the wolf return?
One of the most successful conservation stories is the return of the wolf to many European countries. In some areas
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Our large carnivore exhibition moves to biosphere reserve Rhön
Our travelling exhibition “Large Carnivores and Livestock Protection” can now be visited for free in the headquarters of the UNESCO
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Livestock guarding puppies for large carnivore conservation
As a farmer, protecting your livestock from large carnivores tends to be quite a lonely task when there is no
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Livestock protection and management info day
BIO AUSTRIA Lower Austria and Vienna organised together with international experts and the European Wilderness Society a ‘Livestock protection and
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Why do people love wolves?
Having read the growing number of comments on our blog about wolves, I get a feeling that an increasing number
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Shock collaring wild wolves to solve livestock protection?
April 1, The depredation of livestock by wolves is increasingly becoming an issue, especially to the thousands of small sheep
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No compensation without livestock protection measures
The provincial government of Schleswig-Holstein recently decided to only pay compensation for lifestock losses if proper herd protection measures where
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Local solutions to large carnivores in Europe
EuroLargeCarnivores, a LIFE project which provides space for people to share knowledge and experiences about large carnivore coexistence, has made
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FREE to watch episode 50: Problematic baiting in wolf territory
One commonly used hunting technique in the Calanda region is ‘baiting’. The baiting stations are placed to attract foxes for
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Livestock herding in the Asturian Mountains, Spain
The Spanish Asturias is a region with a complex mountainous terrain. A landscape of almost inaccessible mountains and deep valleys,
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Can EU countries kill wolves like Norway and Sweden?
The wolf does not belong Scandinavia, if we believe a small but influential group of people. It is regarded as
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EU: Costs for livestock protection and damages can now be fully compensated
The European Commission has decided that farmers and livestock owners can now receive full compensation for investments and damages. More
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ORF film team in Brandenburg with Knut Kucznik
We were joined again by the ORF team “Am Schauplatz” while visiting Knut Kucznik in Brandenburg. Knut Kucznik is the
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European Perspectives: Livestock protection is the key
On 18th September 2018, the European Wilderness Society participated in the workshop of the EU Platform on Coexistence between People and
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Finnish wolves suffering from culling and poaching caused by human fear
The wolf is a native species of Finland, but humans hunted it almost to extinction in the 1970’s. After it
Continue reading Mehr Wölfe weniger Schäden: Großer Erfolg für Herdenschutz in Deutschland
Das Wolfmonitoring der Landesjägerschaft von Niedersachsen hat vergangenen Monat neue Daten zur Wolfspopulation und den damit zusammenhängenden Schäden veröffentlicht. Die
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More Wolves, less killed sheep: Big success for livestock protection in Germany
Last month, the German province of Lower Saxony published new data on the wolf population and damages. The results indicate
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Wolves are saving shepherds
Shepherding is one of the oldest occupations in the world, originating more than 5 000 years ago in Anatolian region.
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