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Compensation payments for wolf depredation within 24 hours

January 12, 2021January 12, 20213 years ago Julia Ramsauer 2471 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Majella National Park is one of the most impressive, wild and extensive mountain ranges of the Apennines. It is also

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Lack of livestock protection affects cross-border wolf packs

January 5, 2021January 14, 20213 years ago Hanna Ollos 2071 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

In October, following a long but seemingly successful petition by 31 Slovak organisations, the Ministry of Agriculture went against the

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NGOs win appeal: Wolf in Salzburg safe

December 22, 2020December 22, 20203 years ago Timothy Sung 2481 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, 20213 years ago Julia Ramsauer 2415 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, 20233 years ago Nick Huisman 7565 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, 20203 years ago Julia Ramsauer 2683 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, 20203 years ago Gintare Tamulyte 962 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, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 2171 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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Filming livestock protection in Austria and Italy

September 16, 2020October 5, 20203 years ago Nick Huisman 2449 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 2818 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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EU agricultural policy ‘CAP’ fails to protect biodiversity

July 3, 2020December 15, 20223 years ago Jonas Sommer 2977 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

Killing more predators does not save livestock

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New study proves wolves and livestock can peacefully coexist

May 18, 2020May 19, 20203 years ago Jonas Sommer 5883 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 4150 Views 2 Comments 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, 20204 years ago Nick Huisman 4755 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, 20224 years ago Nick Huisman 3797 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, 20204 years ago Jonas Sommer 4683 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, 20204 years ago Ziva Alif 3359 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, 20204 years ago Ziva Alif 4096 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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Can European countries continue to kill the wolf?

January 3, 2020March 12, 20204 years ago Jonas Sommer 4821 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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Finding solutions for future of alpine farming in Tschengls

December 18, 2019August 19, 20214 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3310 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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