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Our bias about livestock farming

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

Livestock Wilderness Policy

EU agricultural policy ‘CAP’ fails to protect biodiversity

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

Livestock Research

New study proves wolves and livestock can peacefully coexist

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

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

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

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

Livestock Wildlife

Spanish court declares wolf hunting illegal

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

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

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

Livestock Wildlife

Can European countries continue to kill the wolf?

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

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

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

Livestock Wilderness Network News

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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