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Livestock 

Livestock and predators in Europe

November 22, 2022January 18, 20234 months ago Vlado Vancura 501 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Challenge to maintain population of herbivores in Europe Europe has faced a challenging situation with overgrazing for several centuries. The result is a development of over-population of native herbivores such as

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Wildlife 

The man who stood up for the wolf in Spain

September 14, 2022September 14, 20227 months ago Victoria Steckhan 541 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (often referred to simply as Félix) was the David Attenborough of Spain. Between 1971 and

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How Wolves influence Arthritis in Moose

September 2, 2022September 6, 20227 months ago Theresa Zett 688 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

A recently published paper in Frontiers of Ecology and Evolution discussed how predators can influence the occurrence of certain diseases in prey populations. The

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International Wolf Day: Growing population in the Alps

August 13, 2022August 22, 20228 months ago Victoria Steckhan 560 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Happy International Wolf Day! Since their natural return to the Alps in the 1990s, wolf populations have grown exponentially. Swiss

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Training 

Schoolworkshops on owls and predators in Lower Austria

June 17, 2022June 20, 202210 months ago Magdalena Meikl 534 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

We were on the road again with our school workshops, this time in Lower Austria. In Waidhofen an der Thaya,

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Livestock 

Shepherd volunteers wanted for summer!

April 26, 2022April 26, 202211 months ago Victoria Steckhan 705 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

How would you like to spend this summer volunteering with shepherds in the Alps? LIFEstockProtect is looking for volunteers to

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Wildlife 

Wolves do not spread African Swine Fever

December 6, 2021December 1, 20211 year ago Jonas Sommer 1044 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

African Swine Fever is a common virus that infects domestic pigs and wild boars. It is highly contagious and deadly

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Research 

Wolf coexistence a reality in North-western Spain

December 1, 2021January 19, 20231 year ago Victoria Steckhan 1239 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

As the wolf is increasingly recolonising inhabited areas of Europe, stories of conflict with livestock owners have become commonplace. This

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Research 

Social effectiveness of livestock protection

August 27, 2021August 25, 20212 years ago Julia Ramsauer 1333 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

Human-wildlife conflicts and human-shaped natural systems in which they occur are driven by complex social and ecological elements. These elements

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Wisconsin’s wolves threatened by new hunting quota

August 24, 2021August 19, 20212 years ago Lia Schlippe 1178 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Last week, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Boards approved the new quota for the November hunt of grey wolves, allowing the

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Let’s not talk about the wolf on International Wolf Day

August 13, 2021August 12, 20212 years ago Julia Ramsauer 1395 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The wolf-human conflict has been going on for decades if not centuries. All over the world, the issue has evolved

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Wildlife 

Do wolves act like foresters?

August 6, 2021August 6, 20212 years ago Julia Ramsauer 1400 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Not too long ago during an excursion a phrase stuck with us: “wolves are like foresters in the woods”. This

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The return of the Dingo

July 29, 2021July 26, 20212 years ago Fergus Hill 1376 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

Time and time again natural solutions challenge commonly held notions of what people in the developed world consider “the right

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Court victory for wolves in Norway!

July 16, 2021July 12, 20212 years ago Lia Schlippe 1894 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Despite being one of the countries with the lowest human densities of Europe, Norway only allows and protects wolves in

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Year-round protection for the wolf in Slovakia

May 14, 2021May 13, 20212 years ago Hanna Ollos 1702 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

On Earth Day, the Minister of Environment symbolically signed the decree, enacting the year-round protection of the wolf in Slovakia.

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Participate in a survey about attitudes towards wolves in the Alps

May 3, 2021May 3, 20212 years ago Julia Ramsauer 1428 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

The project LIFE WolfAlps EU started in cooperation with project partners in Italy, Austria, France and Slovenia, co-funded by the

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Genetic modifications of wolves key to reducing livestock depredation

April 1, 2021April 1, 20212 years ago Nick Huisman 1821 Views 3 Comments 6 min read

There are many heated debates between agricultural and environmental organisations regarding the protection of wolves in Europe. The protection status

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Could Denmark be a wolf land?

March 12, 20212 years ago Hanna Ollos 2754 Views 2 Comments 7 min read

In Denmark, there has been a long-standing debate about the protection of the wolf. After a rollercoaster-like history of wolves

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Livestock 

What makes livestock guarding dogs effective?

March 10, 2021April 13, 20212 years ago Julia Ramsauer 2042 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

As their name says, livestock guarding dogs protect livestock from predators like the wolf. They live together with the animals

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Wildlife 

Spain: protection of wolf expanded

February 12, 2021February 10, 20212 years ago Julia Ramsauer 2207 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

Before the 4th of February 2021, hunters were able to legally kill wolves in the north of Spain. However, only

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