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When wolves and lynxes meet

We all know that dogs and cats do not always seem to get along very well. Dogs are often very

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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Wolf to wolfdog

Have you ever seen someone walking their dog, but it looks like a wolf? You might be looking at a

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National Park Šumava counts on the wolf

The Czech Šumava National Park together with the German Bayrischer Wald National Park form one of the largest, connected forested

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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

Chernobyl is to become a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a wilderness

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Should we worry about Chernobyl wolves?

The media have picked up a new study from the European Journal of Wildlife Research. In the study, Bryne and colleagues

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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

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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,

European Wilderness Society

Is Austria prepared for the comeback of the wolf?

On June 26th 2018 Kurt Kotrschal, behavioral biologist of the University of Vienna, and Martin Kugler, editor-in-chief of “Universum”, an

European Wilderness Society

Wolf Poster: Now available in Basque!

Our wolf poster, which details how a wolf restores balance in nature, is now available to download in Basque. To

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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

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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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“Wolfspirit: Let’s get wild” – SchülerUNI in Salzburg

Approximately 100 students from 5 schools all over the state of Salzburg listened to a presentation about the wolf and

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Wolf remains protected by EU Parliament

Yesterday EU Commissioner Mr. Vella met with about 80 EU, national and regional parliamentarians in Brussels. In this inter-parliamentary conference,

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Tyrolean government also invests in herd protection

The Tyrolean coalition in Austria has published their government programme for the period 2018 to 2023. In this agreement, the

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Estonia chooses wolf as national animal

Estonian nature organisations chose the wolf as the winner over the beaver, badger, fox and hedgehog. The people proudly see

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Why we need proper herd management

Proper herd management does not only protect our livestock from predators, but also from extreme weather, diseases and injuries. The

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