While some scientists have decided that it’s a ‘great idea’ to bring back from extinction the big dire wolves of olden days, in the real life, the lupine packs present a real danger and a dividing issue in Europe.
The EU Parliament approved yesterday (8) plans to downgrade the protection status of wolves, because of their growing numbers and the increasing threat they pose to livestock.
Reuters reported:
“The changes – which European Union member states already approved last month – will lower wolves’ status in EU law to ‘protected’ from ‘strictly protected’, reflecting a change under the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.
In practice, it will mean EU countries can allow wolf hunting, but they must still take steps to stop the animals becoming endangered, such as by limiting hunting seasons.”
Watch: In the Italian Abruzzo region, a group of three hungry wolves attack a lone dog (he escaped).
Speaking about wolves in Europe, I remember this crazy video from Abruzzo region in Italy where a group of three hungry wolves attacked a…
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