European Wolves

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The wolves have naturally recolonized the areas that in origin they inhabited, but not all countries are ready to manage the wolves. 

In Italy, the wolf in the Alps was extirpated between years 1920-1940, also the Lynx (declared extinct in Italy since 1920). In years 1960-1970, the wolves from the Apennines count 100-110 specimens, the lowest number ever recorded. In Sicily was extirpated. For many decades he has been isolated southern the river Po.

Years and years of legal protection, the wolf have recolonized the land which once inhabited. They expanded their territory from the Apennines to the Western Alps, to arrive in Central and Eastern Alps, and also conquered Southern France and the Catalonia in North Eastern Spain, once inhabited by the Spanish wolves, then extirpated.

There is been a naturally re conjunction of the wolf from Western Alps (Alpine population), and a male wolf named "Slavc" from Slovenija (Dinaric-Balkan population), and they are established in Lessinia area.

Now, the wolves in Italy are in danger again. In the next days the government discuss a plan to reduce the population, thus legalizing a limited cull, after 46 years of protection.

See this news (i written in the thread Animal News (Except Bigcats)):
Wolves shot and mutilated as Italy considers bringing back a cull after more than 40 years of protecting the predator Reply