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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

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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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Second wolf pack in Austria

Back in 2016 the first Austrian wolf pack established in Allentsteig, a military training ground in Lower Austria. And now experts

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Livestock protection fencing workshop by the Naturschutzbund Germany

Prior to the “Pathways Europe 2018: Resurrecting the Wild” focusing on the human dimension of the conflict with wildlife, the

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Why we let wolves kill our sheep

Almost every day you will read about killed sheep, angry farmers, or poached wolves. The growing population of wolves in

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FREE: Watch the exclusive episode: Are wolves more dangerous than cows?

Peter Dettling is a nature photographer, who shows us the highlights of his 3-year long research in the Swiss Calanda region

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Setting an Example in modern Shepherd Training

Proper livestock management often demands the presence of shepherds. Shepherding is an old craft and there are many European countries,

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Wolf pack established on Dutch-German border

Over the last years, the number of wolf-sightings in the Netherlands increased a lot. More and more single individuals, mostly

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Proof of a new litter from the Calanda wolves

The Swiss Office for Hunting and Fishery (Amt für Jagd und Fischerei) just confirmed that the famous Calanda wolf pack

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ORF TV visits European Wilderness Society

The European Wilderness Society welcomed the crew from ORF TV to the Lungau last week. The ORF is filming a

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Historical background to the development of herd management

A closer look on the historical land management methods explains today’s lack of traditional herd management methods in many parts

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