The American West is a region full of pristine nature, high mountains, national parks and Wilderness. The populations of large carnivores are still thriving there, including black bear, polar bear, grizzly bear, puma, wolf and
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Recent deaths by brown bears in Romania reignite management debate
Experts estimate that Romania is home to about 6 000 brown bears (Ursus arctos). And the Carpathians, specifically Romania, have the highest population of brown bears in Europe. But the increasing bear population is straining
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 bisophere reserve Rhön. The headquarters are situated in the Groenhoff house on top of the
Human-carnivore relations : it’s not just about the wolf
A recent study by Lozano et al. (2019) reviewed the focus of human-carnivore studies. Due to commonly-occuring conflict between carnivores and humans, characterising where the research focus is can give insight into which areas require
Main reasons for human brown bear encounters
The recent trend of large carnivore encounters with humans shows also an increase of the frequency of conflicting situations. Although brown bear (Ursus arctos) encounters with humans are generally rare, information on the reasons and
Comeback of the Cantabrian brown bear
The Cantabrian brown bear population is on the increase. One of only two populations of brown bear found in South Western Europe, the population is under strain because of the isolated area they live in.
Educating future Wilderness advocates
Update from 16th of October: Today education of Wilderness advocates continued at Uzhhorod specialized school 6 “Leader”. It was exciting and teenagers learnt more about Human-Wilderness coexistence. European Wilderness Society´s exhibition will be opened for
Following the lynx through Austria’s wild heart
People often call the lynx, with its fluffy ears and pointy beard, the wizard of the forest. Rarely seen, he lives in wild, mountainous forests without significant human presence. There are currently just a handful
Wilderness education at Ukrainian schools
On 4th of September our Wild 5 started its journey among Uzhhorod educational institutions and travelled to the first School № 16.Life-size wooden Brown bear, Wolf, Lynx and Golden Jackal accompanied by informative roll-ups of
Old growth beech forests identified in Albania
Abdulla Diku, forest expert from PSEDA-ILIRIA organisation, and Lulezim Shuka, Professor at the Department of Biology of the University of Tirana, recently published a comprehensive 144-page paper about old beech forests in Albania. The paper
Wolf survival linked to livestock guarding dogs
When people hunted the European wolf populations close to complete extinction, isolated groups managed to survive in some places. This heavily impacted the genetic diversity of wolves. The survival of these groups can be linked
Large carnivore exhibition -most wanted!
Our Large carnivore exhibition which was opened for the first time on the 08 of May this year and had a great success, continued its way in Ukraine. Hunter´s Day The first venue of the