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Livestock 

NGOs win appeal: Wolf in Salzburg safe

December 22, 2020December 22, 20202 years ago Timothy Sung 2173 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

After an appeal from WWF Austria and the Naturschutzbund Austria, it was decided that approval given for shooting a wolf

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First multilingual Alpine Livestock Protection and Press Conference

December 15, 2020August 16, 20212 years ago Julia Ramsauer 2098 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Implementing effective livestock protection measures is key to reduce conflicts between humans and large carnivores. Large carnivores like the wolf

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Herd management is more effective than killing wolves

November 25, 2020March 1, 20232 years ago Nick Huisman 7048 Views 2 Comments 4 min read

What many conservationists expected is now confirmed: killing wolves does not effectively reduce livestock depredation. On the contrary, various methods

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Adaption as remedy for wolf – farmer dilemma

November 12, 2020November 9, 20202 years ago Julia Ramsauer 2358 Views 1 Comment 5 min read

Change can come in our life as a result of crisis, a result of choice, or just by chance. But

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LIFEstockProtect: Giving a hand (or 10) to a sheep farmer in Tyrol

October 1, 2020October 1, 20202 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 651 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

For the newly approved project LIFEstockProtect, parts of our team supported by highly motivated volunteers spent almost three weeks in

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LIFEstockProtect has kicked off

September 30, 2020September 30, 20202 years ago Jonas Sommer 1874 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

LIFEstockProtect, the largest and most ambitious livestock protection project in the German-speaking region of the Alps, is off to a

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Livestock Project Updates 

Filming livestock protection in Austria and Italy

September 16, 2020October 5, 20203 years ago Nick Huisman 2133 Views 2 Comments 8 min read

For the newly approved project LIFEstockProtect, our team is in the field this week with a German television crew in Tirol

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Our bias about livestock farming

July 17, 2020December 16, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 2512 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

The Covid-19 outbreak laid many problems of this world bare. On one hand, it showed how much humans pressure wildlife

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Livestock Wilderness Policy 

EU agricultural policy ‘CAP’ fails to protect biodiversity

July 3, 2020December 15, 20223 years ago Jonas Sommer 2663 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Agricultural land covers 40% of the European Union. This means it is the most wide-spread land use in the EU

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New study proves wolves and livestock can peacefully coexist

May 18, 2020May 19, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 5450 Views 2 Comments 3 min read

A new study by German, Australian and American researchers reviewed data from all over the world to determine whether wolves

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Dogs poisoned and people attacked for protecting livestock

April 29, 2020May 26, 20203 years ago Nick Huisman 3809 Views 1 Comment 3 min read

Effective implementation of livestock protection measures reduce the human-wildlife conflicts. Especially between livestock owners and large carnivores like the wolf.

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Successful Dutch pilot with livestock guarding dogs

March 12, 2020March 12, 20203 years ago Nick Huisman 4409 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Back in 2018, the wolf resettled in The Netherlands. A year later, in 2019, the first wolf pack established itself

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LIFE project on livestock protection submitted

February 17, 2020October 20, 20223 years ago Nick Huisman 3484 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Since the wolf returned to the Alps, the human-wolf conflict increased in many rural regions. Especially livestock farmers and nature

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Spanish court declares wolf hunting illegal

January 23, 2020April 2, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 4306 Views 5 Comments 5 min read

A verdict of the High Court of Justice of the region Castilla y León, Spain overturns the 2016 – 2019

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International conference Livestock protection in the Alpine region

January 17, 2020April 13, 20203 years ago Ziva Alif 3050 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

An exciting international conference Livestock protection in the Alpine region will took place between the 21st and 23rd of January

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Livestock protection works: a case study from Brandenburg

January 14, 2020November 6, 20203 years ago Ziva Alif 3729 Views 4 Comments 1 min read

Brandenburg, along with Saxony, are the states with the largest wolf density in Germany. At the moment, there are 49

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Livestock Wildlife 

Can European countries continue to kill the wolf?

January 3, 2020March 12, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 4258 Views 2 Comments 6 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, 2019August 19, 20213 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 2990 Views 0 Comments 7 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, 20203 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3080 Views 0 Comments 6 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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Livestock Wilderness Network News 

Support livestock protection in the Alps!

December 11, 2019April 13, 20203 years ago Nick Huisman 3605 Views 1 Comment 3 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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