Continuing recovery of wolves in Europe

PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 4(2), P. e0000158 - e0000158

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

The recovery of wolves ( Canis lupus ) across Europe is a notable conservation success in region with extensive human alteration landscapes and high population densities. We provide comprehensive update on wolf populations Europe, estimated at over 21,500 individuals by 2022, representing 58% increase the past decade. Despite challenges densities significant land use for agriculture, industry, urbanization, have demonstrated remarkable adaptability increasing trends most European countries. Improved monitoring techniques, although varying quality scope, played crucial role tracking this recovery. Annually, kill approximately 56,000 domestic animals EU, risk unevenly distributed differently handled regions. Damage compensation costs 17 million EUR every year to Positive economic impacts from presence, such as those related reducing traffic accidents wild ungulates or supporting wildlife tourism, remain under studied. Wolf supported diverse policy legal instruments LIFE programs, stakeholder platforms, well EU Habitats Directive Bern Convention. Coexisting newly established entails managing activities, including livestock depredation, competition game, fear attacks humans, amidst social political views Sustainable coexistence continues operate evolving complex social, economic, landscapes, often characterized intense debates regarding policies.

Language: Английский

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Do husbandry practices reduce depredation of free-ranging livestock? A case study with wolves in Greece

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 283, P. 110097 - 110097

Published: May 9, 2023

Language: Английский

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Citizen science and diet analysis shed light on dog-wildlife interactions in Italy

Biodiversity and Conservation, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 32(13), P. 4461 - 4479

Published: Sept. 20, 2023

Abstract Domestic dogs Canis familiaris may cause a range of impacts on wildlife through predation, competition, pathogen transmission, harassment and hybridisation with wolves other wild canids, yet such effects are less known than those domestic species. In this work, we have combined citizen science data information collected by scientists the potential impact free-ranging in Italy. Citizen data, obtained online surveys social networks, consisted pictures killed or harassed from 2002 to 2022. Additional records were articles newspapers. We also provide results diet analysis dog scats, countryside central Italy 1998–1999, for which assessed prey selection comparing consumption availability. The survey provided 589 records: attacked 95 species, mostly mammals birds, including small game Among species conservation concern, attacked/killed Mustela putorius Hystrix cristata , both included Annex IV Habitats Directive, Italian endemic Lepus corsicanus Passer italiae . Over 90% attacks caused unleashed presence their owner urban periurban areas. 148 scats analysed contained 30 mainly mammals, made staple diet, followed amorphous material, most likely pet food. Remains sheep frequent as hares europaeus roe deer Capreolus capreolus among mammals. Wild boar Sus scrofa ranked first selected hares, whereas grey partridges Perdix perdix negatively selected. mitigation carnivores strongly requires awareness raising promote responsible ownership strict avoidance dogs’ behaviour, especially where encounters likely.

Language: Английский

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Wild Animal Attacks on Humans in Croatia

South-east European forestry, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 255 - 268

Published: Dec. 23, 2023

Contacts between humans and wild animals are common frequent, but very rarely end in attacks by on humans. The aim of this paper is to identify the circumstances wildlife Croatia, while idea behind that a better understanding interactions should subsequently lead fewer attacks. As there no database data for analysis was collected from scientific publications, media, relevant reports. variables analysed refer type victims results showed were 33 Croatia period 2005 2023; most frequent boars, brown bears, grey wolves. characteristics differ depending animal perpetrated attacks, some characteristics: mainly took place rural areas; mostly male over 40 years old; almost all they suffered minor injuries; during cases hunting, walking dogs or herding livestock. obtained can be used develop preventive measures define appropriate behaviour areas with wildlife.

Language: Английский

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Animal Attacks and Scavenging: Forensic Anthropological Interpretation

Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 211 - 216

Published: Feb. 26, 2024

Language: Английский

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