Rewilding Europe

[Wolverine]

(03-16-2018, 04:27 AM)Polar Wrote: @Wolverine,

Rewilding Europe would be a great idea, especially the Balkan area where my country Bulgaria and the other Balkan countries are. Not many medium-sized predators in those areas, and brown bears (being excessively hunted for sport and population control in Bulgaria back in early 1900s) are at an extremely low number count.

Yes, brown bears could be much more. In same time grey wolves in Bulgaria increased tenfold for the last 30 years from 100-200 in the 70's and 80's to more than 1200 now.
Probably you know that one of the 10 huge rewilding arias was created in Rhodope mountains (eastern Bulgaria):
https://www.rewildingeurope.com/areas/rhodope-mountains/

Other 9 are in Croatia, Portugal, Germany, Litwania, Romania etc. Majority of them are in Eastern Europe because human population density in Western Europe is too high for large scale rewilding (250 people per sq.km. in Germany and only 80 people per sq.km. in Romania for example). Konik semi-wild horses were imported from Oostvaardersplassen (Netherland) and now they are roaming free in Rhodope mountains (150 miles on the South of Varna) protecting themselves from local wolves.

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