US EditionEU Proposes Reduced Protection for Wolves to Address Livestock Threats
- Wolves in most of Europe face reduced protection as new conservation regulations allow regulated hunting, raising concerns from activists about potential wolf deaths.
- Members of the Bern Convention agreed to lower the wolf's protection status from 'strictly protected' to 'protected' in December, aiming to regulate their exploitation without endangering the species.
- The European Commission revised EU rules immediately to align with the protection status change, following objections from the Czech Republic, Monaco, and the UK.
- Ursula Von der Leyen stated that lowering protection will help manage wolf populations while balancing biodiversity and rural livelihoods, addressing threats to livestock.
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The Junta de Castilla y León and the Agrarian Professional Organizations have presented the data of attacks and number of heads killed by wolf damage in 2024, reflecting that they have practically reached the 6,000 head of cattle killed in just one year. In the presentation of the report it is broken down that, during the last year, a total of 5,985 dead heads certified by wolf attacks and 430 wounds were counted. "It is again a record figure in…
The Government approved a decree law to reinforce the conservation of the Iberian wolf. The Alcateia 2025-2035 Program provides for new protection and compensation measures for livestock farmers.
About ten days ago, several wolves attacked a cow, in its enclosure, in the heart of the village of Saint-Hugues-de-Chartreuse. Has a cape been crossed? The liberated Dauphiné inquired with the agricultural unions, the French Biodiversity Office and the prefect in charge of the management of the wolf.
A total of 3,973 wolf attacks were suffered by cattle ranchers in 2024. Data representing an increase of 47 per cent before the inclusion of canids in the List of Wild Species under Special Protection Regime (Lespre).For this reason 6,000 livestock heads were lost and the Board has had to face compensation worth 4.8 million euros, according to data offered by the councilor of Environment and Territory Planning, Juan Carlos Suárez-Quiñones, at a …
But only 'protected', so now the European Commission will be able to simplify the rules for killing these animals
The European Commission is proposing to amend the Habitats Directive and downgrade the wolf's conservation status from strictly protected to protected.
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