European Union Lowers Protection for Surging Wolf Populations Due to Danger to Farmers and Livestock

Surging wolf populations have become a real danger to rural areas in Europe.

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 ...