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Can European countries continue to kill the wolf?

January 3, 2020March 12, 20201 year ago Jonas Sommer 2550 Views 2 Comments cull, Wolf 5 min read

After the European Court of Justice ruled on the Finnish wolf hunting quota, we ask: Can other European countries continue

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Livestock 

Finding solutions for future of alpine farming in Tschengls

December 18, 2019November 11, 20201 year ago Max A.E. Rossberg 1533 Views 0 Comments Europe, Herd management, Wolf 2 min read

The future of the pasture farming is an uncertain one. During the citizen engagement activity we discussed it on Saturday in Tschengls.

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Discussing future of alpine farming in Tschengls, South Tyrol

December 12, 2019April 13, 20201 year ago Max A.E. Rossberg 1656 Views 0 Comments #CohesionPolicy, #EUinmyregion #InterregYouth #CohesionPolicy #Interreg #Lungau #EUWilderness #CEA, Livestock protection, South Tyrol 1 min read

Since the 1960s, farming on alpine pastures is changing rapidly. With the return of large predators, such as the wolf,

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Support livestock protection in the Alps!

December 11, 2019April 13, 20201 year ago Nick Huisman 2014 Views 1 Comment Austria, Germany, Herd management, Italy, Livestock protection 1 min read

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?

October 22, 2019January 29, 20201 year ago Jonas Sommer 2356 Views 4 Comments Wolf 3 min read

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

September 28, 2019January 29, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 1797 Views 0 Comments exhibition, large carnivores 0 min read

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

August 14, 2019April 9, 20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 2416 Views 0 Comments Livestock protection 3 min read

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

June 20, 2019May 11, 20202 years ago Nick Huisman 2189 Views 0 Comments Herd management 0 min read

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?

June 6, 2019January 29, 20202 years ago Vlado Vancura 4185 Views 0 Comments Ukraine, Wolf 2 min read

Having read the growing number of comments on our blog about wolves,  I get a feeling that an increasing number

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Livestock 

Shock collaring wild wolves to solve livestock protection?

April 5, 2019April 18, 20202 years ago Nick Huisman 2570 Views 0 Comments Herd management, Wolf 2 min read

April 1, The depredation of livestock by wolves is increasingly becoming an issue, especially to the thousands of small sheep

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Livestock 

No compensation without livestock protection measures

March 1, 2019January 29, 20202 years ago Hanna Ollos 2385 Views 1 Comment Herd management, Policy and Legislation, Wolf 2 min read

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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Livestock 

Local solutions to large carnivores in Europe

January 11, 2019January 29, 20202 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 5805 Views 0 Comments Herd management, Video, Wildlife, Wolf 1 min read

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

December 12, 2018January 29, 20202 years ago Nick Huisman 2887 Views 0 Comments Video, Wolf 1 min read

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

December 11, 2018January 29, 20202 years ago Nick Huisman 3510 Views 0 Comments Herd management, Wolf 4 min read

The Spanish Asturias is a region with a complex mountainous terrain. A landscape of almost inaccessible mountains and deep valleys,

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Livestock 

Can EU countries kill wolves like Norway and Sweden?

November 13, 2018January 29, 20202 years ago Nick Huisman 4399 Views 1 Comment Wolf 3 min read

The wolf does not belong Scandinavia, if we believe a small but influential group of people. It is regarded as

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Livestock 

EU: Costs for livestock protection and damages can now be fully compensated

November 12, 2018January 29, 20202 years ago Nick Huisman 2794 Views 6 Comments Bear, Herd management, Lynx, Policy and Legislation, Wolf 1 min read

The European Commission has decided that farmers and livestock owners can now receive full compensation for investments and damages. More

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Livestock 

ORF film team in Brandenburg with Knut Kucznik

November 9, 2018January 29, 20202 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 2921 Views 0 Comments 0 min read

We were joined again by the ORF team “Am Schauplatz” while visiting Knut Kucznik in Brandenburg. Knut Kucznik is the

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Livestock 

European Perspectives: Livestock protection is the key

November 1, 2018January 29, 20202 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 2028 Views 0 Comments Herd management, Wildlife 3 min read

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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Livestock 

Finnish wolves suffering from culling and poaching caused by human fear

October 15, 2018April 13, 20203 years ago Nick Huisman 14548 Views 0 Comments Herd management, Policy and Legislation, Wolf 2 min read

The wolf is a native species of Finland, but humans hunted it almost to extinction in the 1970’s. After it

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Livestock 

Mehr Wölfe weniger Schäden: Großer Erfolg für Herdenschutz in Deutschland

October 10, 2018January 29, 20203 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 8263 Views 2 Comments Germany, Herd management, Wolf 2 min read

Das Wolfmonitoring der Landesjägerschaft von Niedersachsen hat vergangenen Monat neue Daten zur Wolfspopulation und den damit zusammenhängenden Schäden veröffentlicht. Die

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