Upper Austrian court cancels decision to get rid of wolves
In one of their most recent press releases, WWF Austria addresses the latest developments in Upper Austria concerning so-called wolf
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Join Peter Dettling’s wolftours to Yellowstone
Nature photographer Petter Dettling invites all German speaking Wilderness advocates to a journey into the Yellowstone wolf lands in May
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What 200 years of hunting did to the wolves’ gene pool
Many species face current populations declines, which is often a consequence of human behaviour e.g. hunting, habitat destruction. This leads
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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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Can Swedish habitat analysis solve human-wolf conflict?
A study has identified areas in Sweden that, from a human perspective, are most suitable for the wolves to repopulate.
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Norway plans to kill half of its wolf population
Update 1. January 2020 – We were just informed that the Ministry of Climate and the Environment of Norway has
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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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Learning to track wolves in Germany
International cooperation is crucial when it comes to coexistence with wolves. Germany has been a permanent home for wolves about
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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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Spanish wolf-hunt banned for 2018-2019
Great news has reached us from ASCEL, a Spanish association for the conservation of the Iberian wolf. For the past
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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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Discussing wolf-free zones on ORF TV
European Wilderness Society was invited to the studio of ORF Salzburg Heute for a interview last week. The team and
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Switzerland sticks to strict regulations for legal wolf killings
Swiss authorities confirm several livestock killings in the Swiss region of Val d’Anniviers in the canton of Valais since the
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Let’s get wild at Salzburg Zoo
On the 9th September, the Naturschutzbund Austria and the European Wilderness Society went to Salzburg Zoo, to take part in
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Allowing culling increases poaching
More and more countries demand that the European Union changes the protected status of large carnivores. The Flora-Fauna Habitats directive
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