It is very hard to find a nice balance between competing interests in respect of wolf conservation in Europe and it is getting harder as the human population in general climbs. In the more densely populated European countries such as The Netherlands there is arguably …
According to a girl who was walking her 12-year-old dog, Bruno, in a beautiful woodland area in The Netherlands (the Strokelbos), her country is too small for the wolf. What she means is that The Netherlands has a high human density because it’s a small …
The headline is, “Wolf cull lacks teeth, say shepherds.” But animal advocates argue that there should be no cull at all. The wolf’s presence divides Europe. Wolves were hunted to extinction in France in the 20th century. There were given protected status in Italy and …
This is the description on Twitter/X accompanying the photo below: “A photo of a dead wolf tied to the back of a forest guard’s jeep caused outrage among political and animal rights groups in Spain. An Asturian guard killed the wolf in Allande and left …
There has been a lot of talk over the past five years about rewilding species such as the wolf and lynx in the UK which became extinct on these islands many years ago because they were over hunted. One of these is the wildcat, the …
A recent study has come to the conclusion that the domestication of the wolf reduced the brain size of dogs which is understandable because domestic dogs nearly always have everything done for them. They don’t need to face the challenges that wolves have to face. …
I love this video. And to think people are scared or wolves and that they have a bad reputation. And that they were hunted to near extinction. What is the matter with people? European settlers to the USA brought with them all their baggage including …
The lady who owns this terrifyingly large and yet highly impressive ‘dog’ companion said: “A bad dog owner dumped this wolf at a shelter when he got too big and too much to handle. Luckily a sanctuary took him instead and saved his life”. I …
Sometimes being a human is hard. So many weaknesses and of course strengths. Humankind is making a bit of a mess of managing the planet on which it depends for everything. In the West, nowadays, humans tend to live long lives because of advancements in …
