scholarly journals Where have all the young wolves gone? Traffic and cryptic mortality create a wolf population sink in Denmark and northernmost Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Sunde ◽  
Sebastian Collet ◽  
Carsten Nowak ◽  
Philip Francis Thomsen ◽  
Michael Møller Hansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wolf Population

SNPs in ecological and conservation studies: a test in the Scandinavian wolf population

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 503-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. SEDDON ◽  
H. G. PARKER ◽  
E. A. OSTRANDER ◽  
H. ELLEGREN
Keyword(s):  
Wolf Population

scholarly journals Controversial approach to wolf management in the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jana Lososová ◽  
Jindřiška Kouřilová ◽  
Nikola Soukupová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Population Density ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Management Programme ◽  
Wolf Population ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Wolf Management ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Relationship

Expansion of the wolf in the Czech Republic results in an increasing conflict between nature conservationists and other landscape users. In March 2020, the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic issued the "Wolf Management Programme". The document provoked negative reactions from organisations of farmers, breeders, and hunters. The article deals with the key issues triggered by the conflict and the attitudes of actors involved. We want to clarify to what extent the solutions designed by individual parties help to mitigate the conflict and how the financial demands related to this issue have been evolving. The problem may seem marginal in the Czech Republic, but the wolf population density in some regions may already be close to its bearable maximum. Key problems are the identification of specific target numbers of wolves, the absence of zoning as a future option, and clear rules for dealing with direct encounters of wolves with humans. The benefit of wolf management is primarily the sum of preventive measures it aims to address, but the relationship with other main actors and the area of education and promotion is debatable as it represents a further increase in the absorption of public funds without guarantees of effectiveness.

scholarly journals Taeniid cestodes in a wolf pack living in a highly anthropic hilly agro-ecosystem

Parasite ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Fabio Macchioni ◽  
Francesca Coppola ◽  
Federica Furzi ◽  
Simona Gabrielli ◽  
Samuele Baldanti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Echinococcus Granulosus ◽  
Microscopic Examination ◽  
One Health ◽  
Toxocara Canis ◽  
Wolf Population ◽  
Cestode Species ◽  
Taenia Hydatigena ◽  
Predator Prey ◽  
Zoonotic Infections ◽  
Faecal Samples

The Italian wolf population in human-modified landscapes has increased greatly in the last few decades. Anthropisation increases the risk of transmission of many zoonotic infections and in this context, control of taeniid cestode species needs to be addressed from a One Health perspective. Predator-prey interactions are at the root of taeniid cestode transmission, and the wolf plays a key role in the maintenance and transmission of taeniids. To date, all available data on the taeniids of wolves in Italy refer to populations living in a wild habitat. Between 2018 and 2019, we investigated taeniids in a wolf pack living in a highly anthropic hilly agro-ecosystem. Thirty-eight faecal samples were collected and analysed, 4 of which were also genetically characterised for individual wolves and belonged to three different animals. Samples collected were analysed microscopically and by molecular analysis in order to identify the taeniid species. Taeniid eggs were detected in 34.2% (13/38) of samples. Within samples positive to taeniid eggs only Echinococcus granulosus s.s. and Taenia hydatigena were identified in 26.3% and 10.5% of the samples, respectively. On microscopic examination, Capillaria spp., Ancylostomatidae and Toxocara canis eggs, Crenosoma vulpis larvae, and coccidian oocysts were also found. The combination of low biodiversity of taeniid species with a high occurrence of E. granulosus s.s. recorded in this study could be the consequence of a deeper link occurring between wolves and livestock in human-modified landscapes than in wild settings.

What are tourists willing to pay for securing the survival of a flagship species? The case of protection of the Ethiopian wolf

2019 ◽  
pp. 135481661988043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tafesse Estifanos ◽  
Maksym Polyakov ◽  
Ram Pandit ◽  
Atakelty Hailu ◽  
Michael Burton
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
National Park ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Random Parameter ◽  
Wolf Population ◽  
Existence Value ◽  
Random Parameter Logit ◽  
Unique Species ◽  
Random Parameter Logit Model

Ecotourism can be an important tool for protecting biodiversity in developing countries. Tourists have preferences for viewing charismatic species and for their conservation, but our understanding of these preferences remains limited. Using choice experiment surveys, we investigate tourists’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for the protection of the Ethiopian wolf ( Canis simensis) in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park. Results from a random parameter logit model show that tourists were willing to pay up to US$5.82/day/trip for increasing the wolf population from 200 to a more viable number of 250 but very little for a more substantial increase. Tourists also valued increases in the size of the protected area (PA) and access to the wolf habitat. The WTP is found to be dependent on tourists’ prior experience to Ethiopian PAs and whether they had viewed other unique species in the park. The findings suggest opportunities for ecotourism to support the Ethiopian wolf, which is in a critical state, and that the primary motivation for tourists’ support might be due to the wolf’s existence value.

scholarly journals Infectious Diseases and Wildlife Conservation Medicine: The Case of the Canine Distemper in European Wolf Population

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2426
Author(s):  
Cristina E. Di Francesco ◽  
Camilla Smoglica ◽  
Simone Angelucci
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Canine Distemper Virus ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Wolf Population ◽  
Canine Distemper ◽  
Wild Carnivores ◽  
Conservation Medicine

Canine distemper is a contagious infectious disease, caused by canine distemper virus (CDV) belonging to Morbillivirus genus, Paramyxoviridae family, representing a serious threat for domestic and wild carnivores [...]

scholarly journals Effects of control on the dynamics of an adjacent protected wolf population in interior Alaska

2017 ◽  
Vol 198 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua H. Schmidt ◽  
John W. Burch ◽  
Margaret C. MacCluskie
Keyword(s):  
Wolf Population ◽  
Interior Alaska

scholarly journals Citizen science contribution to national wolf population monitoring: what have we learned?

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ražen ◽  
Ž. Kuralt ◽  
U. Fležar ◽  
M. Bartol ◽  
R. Černe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Population Monitoring ◽  
Wolf Population

Wolf Conservation and Removal of Wolves in Germany – Status quo and Prospects

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-278
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Köck
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Wolf Population ◽  
Species Protection ◽  
Federal States ◽  
Human Safety ◽  
Favourable Conservation Status ◽  
Wolf Management

In Germany, the wolf population develops in a very dynamic manner. As a result, politics and society increasingly worry about human safety and whether the return of the wolf can be kept compatible with pasture grazing. Plans by the federal states (Länder) for wolf management serve both to prepare society for the return of wolves and to deal with likely emerging conflicts. In exceptional cases, conflict management may include the ‘removal’ of wolves, i.e. the killing of individual ‘problem-wolves’. This paper analyses the legal prerequisites for the removal of wolves; it also addresses the conditions that must be met for wolf management to be placed under a new legal framework – beyond the exemption regime under species protection law. In this context, the ‘favourable conservation status’ of wolves plays a key role.

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