Culling controversy as French wolf population falls in 2023

The drop in the predator's population is the first in almost ten years, according to loupfrance.fr, a site managed by France’s biodiversity authority. "This new estimate reinforces the finding that the species' conservation status is not good," the six conservation groups wrote. The current quota allows for 19 percent of the French wolf population to be legally killed. But an administrative source close to the matter —- who confirmed the 1,003 figure —- told AFP that current hunting limits would be maintained...