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 (02-25-2018, 11:24 AM)Wolverine Wrote: Pack of wolves night time on the border of Belarus and Lithuania: @Wolverine Thanks for sharing very good videos 
TWO WOLF VIDEOS FROM THE NETHERLANDS
1 - Gelderland Province https://nos.nl/artikel/2218615-opnieuw-wolf-gesignaleerd-in-nederland.html 2 - Gelderland Province (western part): https://nos.nl/artikel/2219075-weer-wolf-gefilmd-nu-bij-putten.html In the last article, another wolf seen in the same region is mentioned. All wolves were loners and nearly all were young adults from Germany interested in green pastures in the west. Wolves have been seen in Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium, directly south of the Netherlands. The European tour of Canis lupus didn't go unnoticed. Partly as a result of the sightings, debates have erupted. I also saw a few wolf documentairies. All in all, I'd say they could be accepted. Provided they stay clear from sheep, of course. As to their chances. Loners could survive in rural parts in the northeast and southeast, but extended families would struggle to make a living. The problem isn't food (plenty of deer en wild boars), but a lack of space. This country is densely populated and has many roads. The Oostvaardersplassen (wetlands, plains, forests, plenty of deer and quite a few exotic herbivores), about 20 miles east of Amsterdam, could be suited. 
Calling of wolves in Transylvania (Romania) also known as "Draculla-land"... Home of 3000 wolves. Blood-freezing sound...
Lion's roar impress with it's power like thunderstorm, wolf howl however impress with its illusiveness, like coming from another world...
WOLVES IN THE NETHERLANDS
This post has 3 recent reports I found on the site of the national broadcasting company (NOS). All articles are in Dutch, that is. 1 - Friesland Province Friesland, in the northwestern part of the Netherlands, is a largely rural province bordering the Waddenzee in the north and west and the IJsselmeer (a large artificial kind of lake with a connection to the Waddenzee and the Noordzee) in the south. In a real winter, you can visit the famous Elfstedentocht. As a result of the low population density, the director of the big cat facility I often visited decided it would be ideal. It was. The last wolf was seen in 1712. Over 3 centuries later, the wolf returned to Friesland: https://nos.nl/artikel/2231843-wolf-na-honderden-jaren-weer-gezien-in-friesland.html 2 - Drente Province Drente Province, bordering Germany, has seen its fair share of wolves already. All wolves visiting Drente stayed for a few nights only. Rangers now think that one of them might have selected her new home in this province. The report has a video: https://nos.nl/artikel/2232953-vermoedens-in-drenthe-eerste-wolf-vestigt-zich-definitief.html 3 - The old debate revisited Experts estimate that Europe now has 12 000 - 15 000 wolves. Quite a few think this is way more than needed. In some countries (Sweden and Germany), wolves can be shot in some parts of the year. Politicians think this should be the policy in all of Europe. The reason is farmers. And sheep. Rumour has it that wolves, every now and then, ehhh, urm, kill sheep. As a result, the old debate has erupted once more: https://nos.nl/artikel/2231922-opkomst-wolf-in-europa-afschieten-of-juist-trots-zijn.html 
Credits to Iván Lizcano.
Quick ID for a spanish wolf.  *This image is copyright of its original author
SHEEP
If you say wolf, chances are that many will hear 'sheep' as well. This post has 3 recent articles I found on the site of the Dutch national broadcasting company. This means they are reliable. In all 3, wolves and sheep feature: https://nos.nl/artikel/2245323-26-schapen-toch-gebeten-door-wolf-allemaal-dood.html (26 sheep sheep killed by wolves) https://nos.nl/artikel/2245176-dna-sporen-bewijzen-wolf-was-ook-in-flevoland.html (2 sheep killed quite close to Amsterdam) https://nos.nl/artikel/2245512-waarom-willen-we-eigenlijk-wilde-wolven-in-nederland.html (a debate on the advantages and disadvantages of wolves in the Netherlands) The reports are in Dutch. This means you need the translator. I could do a summary and tell you the first two articles have details on wolves and sheep. I'm afraid they're not good. Same for the last article. 
One video from Finland, where wolf is robbing wolverine :) Place is at Kuhmo, Finland. Spring 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcXjbduc_ts 
Abstract
In Europe, decision-making power related to biodiversity conservation has been partly, and voluntarily, relinquished by countries to superior levels. In this hierarchical top-down scenario, the Bern Convention and the EU Habitats Directive grant protection to a considerable number of taxa, and determine underlying conservation actions at (sub)national levels. The protection mandates emanating from these legal instruments are expected to be transferred effectively to lower levels, adapting general obligations to species-specific contexts. We assessed the implementation of general obligations from international agreements through local regulations, using as illustrative example the European requirement of protecting the breeding sites of protected species, and the conservation of grey wolves (Canis lupus) in Europe. After reviewing 43 wolf management and conservation plans across Europe, only 14% of wolf plans contained management guidelines issued to avoid wolf breeding site destruction or disturbance (this figure was 52% in the case of North America, n = 25 wolf plans). In Europe, we found only seven actions or guidelines designed to ensure breeding site protection/availability for wolves (from six countries). None of the plans contained a comprehensive set of measures to preserve breeding sites or guarantee their availability. Our results suggest that transposition of general obligations from international agreements into local legislation systems may be a critical point of weakness in the biodiversity conservation policy process. We recommend additional scrutiny to ensure that ambitious conservation goals are not diluted, but enforced, along its way from high-tier laws to local regulations, in accordance with the letter and spirit of international agreements. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar...d=coauthor
WOLF CUB HUNTED BY GOLDEN EAGLE IN SPAIN
This short video (01:25) is from a great series that was broadcasted a long time ago. It's the best I saw by a margin. Must have taken a lot of experience, time and skill to film wild carnivores hunting. Parts of the series can be found on the internet. Although all hunters were captured on film, wolves and birds of prey in particular featured. In some parts of Spain, chamois were hunted by golden eagles. Wolf cubs were also hunted:
Translated from a Russian article: https://ria.ru/20190914/1558692439.html
SIMFEROPOL, Sep 14 - RIA Novosti. In the Simferopol region of Crimea recorded cases of wolves attacking people, according to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. "Incidents of predator attack have been recorded in the area of the villages of Privolnoy and Perevalny Simferopol district," the ministry said. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, three people were injured. They were taken to the Central Republican Clinical Hospital of Crimea and the hospital of ambulance in Simferopol. Since the 2000s, only one case of wolves attacking people has been recorded in Crimea - in 2007 in the May Day district, when a predator tried to get to the farm. Then it ended well, no one was hurt. At the same time, cases of wolf attacks on pets occur annually, noted earlier in the Ministry of Natural Resources of the region. The wolf in Crimea was first discovered in modern history in 2005, the animals came from Kherson region. Since then, their population has been formed on the peninsula. Most of the predator lives in the steppe zone of Crimea, especially in places with a low population density. The wolf was noticed by people as one by one, and in small flocks, by ten or more individuals. Earlier this year, Sergei Reshetko, head of the department of conservation of hunting resources of the Ministry of Ecology and Nature of Crimea, said that the wolf population in Crimea exceeds 300 individuals.
The first wolf to have been sighted in Belgium for more than 100 years has not been seen since May, and environmentalists believe she is likely to have been killed.
The wolf, given the name Naya, was first sighted in Belgium in the north-east province of Limbourg in January 2018. She was fitted with a collar containing a transponder to track her movements. She was joined in August 2018 by a male companion, named August. She has not been spotted since May, when she was captured for the last time by one of a network of night-vision cameras operated by the nature agency ANB. Since then, there has been no sign of her or the cubs she had been carrying, and the batteries in her tracking collar have run down. It was “virtually certain” she has been killed, possibly along with the pups, ANB said. August, who initially was seen taking food to Naya “around the end of May, early June ... was now acting like a solitary wolf”, ANB’s spokeswoman Marie-Laure Vanwanseele told AFP. The Belgian office of WWF said in a statement: “The death of the wolf and her pups is a shame for Belgium.”  *This image is copyright of its original author Pioneering wolf becomes first sighted in Belgium for a century Three other wolves have been seen over the past 18 months roaming in and out of the country along forested areas bordering the Netherlands or Germany, according to ANB. These include August, who was recorded on a camera last weekend. While suspicions over Naya’s fate have fallen on illegal hunters, including a pair stopped after being spotted by a drone in the prohibited area around the wolves, there was “no proof”, Vanwanseele said. A local bird protection association has offered a reward of €10,000 (£8,900) for information identifying the suspected killers of Naya. Her disappearance has also alarmed an animal protection society in the Netherlands, which said three of the 16 wolves seen in that country over the past four years also cannot be found. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...by-hunters
WOLVES MISSING IN THE NETHERLANDS
It's true (referring to the previous post of Sully) 3 wolves are missing in the Netherlands. Here's a recent report I found on the site of the Dutch National Broadcasting Company (NOS) : https://nos.nl/artikel/2304268-drie-wolven-spoorloos-verdwenen-mogelijk-leven-ze-niet-meer.html In April of this year, three cubs were seen. In September, a video was posted: https://nos.nl/artikel/2299981-eerste-goede-beelden-van-de-wolvenwelpjes-op-de-veluwe.html |
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