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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Livestock
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
Continue reading 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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Wolf survival linked to livestock guarding dogs
Please also read: Coexisting with Large Carnivores- Challenges and Solutions When people hunted the European wolf populations close to complete
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The Netherlands improves livestock management
There are approximately 17 million people in the Netherlands, cramped in a tiny country. Who would have thought that the
Continue reading Need for EU-wide livestock protection cooperation
Update 18.10.18: More confirmed datapoints were added to the map of the ‘Salzburg wolf’ Just a couple of months ago,
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Exclusive episode 24: Herding sheep in Calanda wolf territory
Nature photographer Peter Dettling shows us in the series ‘Once around the Sun with the Calanda wolves’ the highlights of
Continue reading Why do we recommend blue fences to protect sheep?
Why are the recommended fences to protect sheep from wolves blue? You might think that it would be better to
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