The Norwegian government continues to keep their wolf populations at the verge of extinction. The Ministry of Climate and Environment gave the license to
Wildlife
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 years, hunters could legally
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 main question to discuss was the
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 beginning of June. This
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 and Bern Convention protects
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 loyal to the people,
US Government undermines animal protection rights
Current political developments in the USA are threatening the country’s animal protection laws in multiple ways. Some of the laws under threat are very
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 reproduced again. This is
Wolf to wolfdog – the history of the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog
Have you ever seen someone walking their dog, but it looks like a wolf? You might be looking at a wolfdog, which is a
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 areas in Central Europe.
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 present GPS data from
Another confirmed observation of Golden Jackal in the Netherlands?
UPDATED 3.7.2018: The sighting of another Golden Jackal in the Netherlands appeared to be a stunt from an advertisement agency. Unfortunately, the clip of
Romanian Action Plan – Brown bear trophy hunting
In April 2018, Romania’s Minister of the Environment published an Action Plan for Conservation of the Brown Bear in Romania, which allows the hunting of
In the news: Denmark plans to build a fence to keep out boar
Another border fence is being planned in Europe – this time in Denmark, and it is to keep out wild boar. The fence will
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 coalition confirms that it
Large Carnivore Exhibition opened in Ukraine
We have opened our Large Carnivore coexistence exhibition in Uzhhorod, Ukraine this week. The exhibition covers not only the golden jackal, lynx, bear and
Another golden jackal in south-eastern Austria?
A hunter in the southeastern region of Austria might have recorded the presence of another Golden jackal. However, experts from the Austrian Golden jackal project
Golden jackal still in France
Just recently, camera traps captured the first golden Jackal in France. The cameras photographed the animal two times in the south-eastern region, close to
Leopard returns as symbol of Caucasian Wilderness
At the eastern borders of Europe, the Caucasian leopard was common only 100 years ago. But by 1950, the leopard population had dramatically decreased. In
German farmers demand the killing of wild boars because of the African swine fever
The African swine fever is spreading via Western Europe from Russia and the Baltic area for some years already. The viral disease, originally coming