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Wu Ming β 11 months ago(April 29, 2025 03:56 PM)
Wolves are a Part of Nature
A survey shows that most people don't want wolves to be hunted.
The government should face the facts that wolf hunting is pointless and not wanted by the people.
Wolf.
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67%
of respondents consider
wolves to be a normal part of the animal world
in Germany,
according to a recent representative survey conducted by INSA on behalf of the BILD and published on April 19, 2025,
61%
consider the wolf an
enrichment of biodiversity
. Only 31% want the wolf to be included in hunting law and its protected status to be reduced. NABU Thuringia sees the results of this survey as a clear vote for the wolf in Germany and Thuringia. The responsible politicians and the government have a duty not to jeopardize decades of joint work on wolf protection in Germany for the interests of a vigorously lobbying anti-wolf scene that wants to hunt the wolf.
Silvester TamΓ‘s explains:
"Grazing animals play a minor role as food for wolves. These predators feed on over 95% wild animals and natural resources. We can understand if a grazing livestock farmer is shocked when arriving at the pasture in the morning and finds, for example, a sheep killed lying on the field. That's not a pleasant emotional experience. But hunting wolves doesn't help them. What really helps is proper protection of grazing livestock. Wolf attacks could've been avoided in about half of all incidents of wolf attacks in the Free State if effective livestock protection measures had been implemented on the affected pastures. Expenditures for effective livestock protection in Thuringia are already subsidized by up to 100%. This benefits both, grazing animals and wolves equally."
Shepherd with his flock and sheepdogs.
According to NABU Thuringia, the government should face up to the facts that wolf hunting is pointless and not wanted by the people. The Environment Ministry has the power to find pragmatic solutions and could, among other things, establish a
livestock protection center
that would advise and train livestock farmers, assist with any funding and compensation applications, and can also promote the use of technical livestock protection and livestock guardian dogs.
https://thueringen.nabu.de/news/2025/36149.html
April 29,2025
NABU
β is one of the largest, most well-known, nature conservation groups in Germany and has worked for over 100 years for people and nature. The society is formally recognised by the German state as an environmental and conservation society, a body responsible for public issues (
"TrΓ€ger ΓΆffentlicher Belange"
) and must therefore be consulted over issues affecting the ecology.
NABU has, together with its sister organisation in Bavaria, about 830,000 members (June 2022).
NABU currently has around 960,000 members and supporters (December 2024, including LBV-Bavaria) and is active in all federal states with around 2,000 local, district and specialist groups.
https://www.nabu.de/wir-ueber-uns/was-wir-tun/00357.html#:~:text=Der NABU hat heute rund,%2C Kreis- und Fachgruppen aktiv
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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturschutzbund_Deutschland -
Wu Ming β 11 months ago(April 30, 2025 12:35 PM)
WOLF DAY
Action Day for the Returnee
NABU monitors the return of the wolves to Germany since 2005. To reduce fears and concerns among the population and promote greater acceptance of the wolf, NABU declared April 30th the WOLF DAY. Informational events on the topic of wolves are offered nationwide on this day.
RokΓ€ppchen lΓΌgt!!! - Little Red Riding Hood lies!!!
Since the turn of the millennium, wolves once again live in the wild in Germany.
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What was initially celebrated as a sensation has developed into a certain normality in many places. Wolf families now live in the eastern parts of Germany for many years, and wolves also returned to almost all other states. Residents, livestock farmers, and tourists already more or less adjusted to their new neighbours. The path to this coexistence is anything but conflict-free.
NABU monitored the return of wolves from the very beginning and one thing became clear:
The question of whether wolves can return to Germany permanently is not a question of biology or ecology. Rather, it's about whether we humans want to give wolves a permanent chance here and commit to coexistence.
Who still believes that storks bring babies? Nobody!
But the fairy tale of the
"big bad wolf"
and
Little Red Riding Hood
persists. That's why we say:
"Little Red Riding Hood lies!"
and on WOLF DAY, we put the lies to the fairy tales.
https://rlp.nabu.de/tiere-und-pflanzen/saeugetiere/wolf/tag-des-wolfes/index.html
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I saw a single wolf in northern Germany, near Kiel, in 1995.
Unfortunately, I cannot prove itβ¦yah, I know how
that
sounds.
But my family believes me, because the few huskies in our area (which can easily be mistaken for wolves in the dark) were at home, and the GSDs were with their owners.
There were no possible traces to be found, but it was raining, as usual, not only on the UK islands.
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The wolves returned to Germany via Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) and the opening of the borders. There were legitimate fears at the time that rabies might return with them too, but this problem was solved with vaccine baits.
Wolves and Humans - Paths to Coexistence (2025) Intro
Who wants to watch the whole
'series'
with 12 episodes (each about 10 mins)
or the same as one movie, can find it on the NABU channel.
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Wu Ming β 11 months ago(April 26, 2025 08:07 AM)
Who's in the sunny weekend modus
β can watch the video below, it's funny.
Normal people (not sure about
'normal'
) are visiting a so called
'Wildlife Park'
.
Alas, some little jokes get lost in translation with the automatic subs.
E.g. pretty much at the beginning he asks for
"3 tickets for humans"
(not "people").
A little later, they continue with beer.
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That gives courage to meet the
super-dangerous
wolves behind the fences.
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Wildlife Park Moritzburg - The Wolves were more active than Us!
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Wu Ming β 10 months ago(May 08, 2025 01:35 PM)
No longer
"strictly protected"
Wolves could be shot more easily in the Future
Members of the EU Parliament voted in Strasbourg to lower the wolf's protection status under EU Law.
The change is a prerequisite for easier hunting of wolves.
Wolf
With the amendment now passed, the wolf will no longer be considered
"strictly protected"
but the species' conservation will continue to be ensured. This means that the conditions for culling wolves will be significantly simplified in the future. Unlike previously, complex DNA analyses will no longer be necessary.
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It's up to individual governments whether to lower the protected status of wolves in their country.
In Germany a majority of parties have spoken out in favour of faster culling.
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https://rp-online.de/politik/eu/woelfe-eu-parlament-macht-weg-fuer-mehr-wolf-abschuesse-frei_aid-127128551
May 08, 2025
No DNA testing before shooting a wolf who supposedly showed
'abnormal'
behaviour will lead to death sentences of many innocent wolves. DNA testing often revealed that the alleged
"evil wolf who murdered the innocent sheep"
(most often completely unprotected) was actually a stray dog.
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The EU decision was looming for some time.
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A lost battle is not a lost war.
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The first lawsuit was already filedβ¦
https://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/mecklenburg-vorpommern/sind-sie-dafuer-dass-woelfe-in-mv-abgeschossen-werden-duerfen-RVZX2P254VAXRHEQGDZUNSPHTA.html
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TaraDeS β 10 months ago(May 22, 2025 01:43 AM)
These are true survivors!
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Wolf Cubs alive after Loss of Mother
Wolf experts hadn't expected this:
Although their mother was run over in the Segeberg Forest, her cubs survived.
Contrary to the prognosis, young wolves of the Segeberg family survived.
Leastwise five pups from the hit-and-run female wolf of the Segeberg family survived. This is shown by photographs of the pups taken on May 17, 2025 according to the State Office for Environment. After the death of the female wolf on Easter Monday, experts had assumed that the offspring would not survive.
Apparently, the family had cared for the pups, the spokesperson said. The young were likely fed chewed food. It's possible that it was a very early litter and the pups already reached the transition phase from milk to solid food.
The only confirmed wolf family in Schleswig-Holstein lives in the Segeberg Forest.
https://www.stern.de/gesellschaft/regional/hamburg-schleswig-holstein/woelfe-in-schleswig-holstein--segeberger-wolfswelpen-nach-verlust-von-muttertier-am-leben-35744948.html
May 21, 2025
I'm also pleased that the little ones survived, but it's strange that the
"wolf experts"
are so surprised.
They should know that siblings (babies from the previous year) continue to care for their
'new'
siblings, regardless of whether the wolf parents are still alive or not.
And where's father wolf? If he wasn't illegally shot, he cares for his offspring, just like the others.
And why is there only one wolf family?!
I suspect wolf protection Γ la Northerners:
Don't ask, don't tell! What those
'over-civilized'
sissies don't know, they cannot fear.
However, perhaps we should unite Dackel Valerie with her
'true'
family.
https://www.filmboards.com/t/Pets-and-Animals/Famous-Dackel-β-βfinally-found-after-529-Days-lost-3568591/
Ok ok, that would make Dackel Valerie their next meal.
Or next year appear dubious wolves with short legs?
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TaraDeS β 8 months ago(July 10, 2025 09:02 PM)
After the death of their mother - Wolf Cubs in the Segeberg Forest survived
After the death of a female wolf near Rickling in spring 2025, the fate of her cubs was initially uncertain. It's now clear: The cubs are alive β thanks to their father and siblings.
Cheerful snapshot: The orphaned wolf cubs from the Segeberg Forest are apparently in good spirits.
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https://www.kn-online.de/lokales/segeberg/woelfe-in-schleswig-holstein-welpen-trotzen-dem-tod-der-mutter-7SV3Z3HLDFEXJNX66YK6NIX6LI.html
July 10, 2025
Well, it seems there are only three cubs left or two are hiding.
As suspected, father wolf is still alive and cared, his older children helped.
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TaraDeS β 10 months ago(May 22, 2025 11:21 AM)
by β/.γ € May 22, 2025 03:47 AM
Member since May 14, 2025
what's it with schizoids and wolves around here?
After 30 days alone in the forest, 50% of the schizoids return cured.
The other half are usually never seen again.
That's a very good recovery rate
β considering that schizophrenia counts as almost incurable.
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TaraDeS β 10 months ago(May 28, 2025 07:37 AM)
Cows chase away Wolf
βββ Night Camera captures strange Scene in the Netherlands 
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Forget about
"Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?"
A herd of cows recently turned the tables and chased a wolf away.
Cows chase away wolf.
The Dutch daily newspaper
De Gelderlander
reports on the encounter between a herd of cows and a wolf. Driving through the forest in the dark, one hardly notices what one is passing, as Ruben Kleijer (24) proves. Using a thermal imaging camera, he filmed a wolf at close range as it ran past his car into a cow pasture. The encounter with dairy cows occurred, as can be clearly seen in the black-and-white video.
A white head rises above the dark undergrowth. It looks toward the camera.
The warm animal is clearly visible between the cold and therefore dark trees.
It's clearly a wolf, writes
De Gelderlander
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Lone Wolf backs away from the Cows
The wolf cautiously walks into a meadow until a cow suddenly appears in the frame.
The large animal runs toward the wolf, later followed by a second cow, and the wolf backs away. Kleijer took the pictures while driving through the forest from Nunspeet to Ermelo, according to the report. Nunspeet is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland with around 30,000 inhabitants, located about 50 kilometers north of Kleve.
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https://www.nrz.de/niederlande/article408965162/kuehe-verjagen-wolf-nachtkamera-faengt-kuriose-szene-in-holland-ein.html
May 27, 2025
Sorry, there's no video on Youtube yet.
A lone wolf is usually a young wolf who left his family to seek out a new territory to start a new family.
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TaraDeS β 10 months ago(May 30, 2025 08:03 AM)
Taking a short break just to relax.
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Moments from a Rendezvous Site on a beautiful Summer Evening
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"We suggest turning up your volume not only to hear the wolves but the other
iconic sounds of the Northwoods in summer β in particular, the wood thrushes."
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TaraDeS β 10 months ago(June 02, 2025 01:58 AM)
Wolf Attacks decline dramatically - Livestock Protection works
Nobody expected this:
For the first time since the return of wolves, attacks on grazing animals decline β and significantly so.
Does this mean the planned wolf hunt is over?
58 wolf families live in Brandenburg β more than in any other state.
The new figures surprise: 944 sheep and goats were killed by wolves in Brandenburg in 2024
β compared to 1,281 the previous year. A decrease of 26%. This was stated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment in response to an inquiry from the AfD. Previously, the number of wolf attacks had increased every year. Brandenburg is Europe's number one wolf region.
The reason for this encouraging development: More and more livestock farmers rely on wolf fences and livestock guardian dogs, both funded by the state. In 91% of wolf attacks since 2019, the recommended livestock protection was missing. The majority of those affected were hobby livestock farmers.
Professional breeders and migratory shepherds usually protect their animals properly.
Numbers decline - State Secretary pushes Hunting Plans with wrong Numbers
Wolf attacks on cattle calves (-39%) and game in enclosures (-44%) declined even more.
Donkey and horse foals were not attacked at all in 2024 (previous year: 8).
The most wolf attacks occurred in the Spree-NeiΓe district (51) and the Uckermark region (36).
Not a single one was reported in the urban areas of Potsdam and Brandenburg/Havel.
Nevertheless, Brandenburg's state government is sticking to its wolf hunting plans.
This June, the previously strictly protected animals are to be declared game animals by law.
The
State Hunting Advisory Council
doesn't want to wait for new regulations from the federal government.
State Secretary for the Environment and hunting lobbyist Gregor Beyer (partyless, formerly FDP) pushes the hunting plans forward β with fictitious figures. Beyer publicly spreads fear by claiming there are 5,000 wolves in Germany. In reality, there are only 1,600 animals nationwide, including 58 families, 8 pairs, and 210 pups in the wolf-friendly Brandenburg region.
Livestock Protection is much more important
"The declining number of attacks shows that livestock protection is much more important than hunting wolves,"
says Carsten PreuΓ (BUND). He calls for
"continued funding for prevention and compensation payments to be made available quickly and unbureaucratically, and for livestock protection advice to be steadily expanded."
https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/weniger-angriffe-von-woelfen
June 01, 2025
Forest Full Moon Night Sounds - Wolf Owl
Crickets - Meditation Healing
I didn't hear any wolf in it
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TaraDeS β 10 months ago(June 04, 2025 07:00 AM)
Wolves will not be hunted in Baden-WΓΌrttemberg
The EU decided to downgrade the protection status of wolves.
Despite this, wolves will
NOT
be hunted in the Northern Black Forest.
Hunters and the state agree on this.
The Murgtal Wolf (GW852m).
Under new EU law, wolves are no longer
"strictly protected"
but only
"protected"
.
This means they could soon be hunted. However, not in Baden-WΓΌrttemberg.
A key prerequisite for wolf hunting isn't met here: Their population is not secure.
That continues to be a mandatory requirement for so-called
"wolf management"
. [= shooting]
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https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/keine-problemwoelfe-im-nordschwarzwald-100.html
June 04, 2025
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TaraDeS β 10 months ago(June 05, 2025 06:39 AM)
Catching Wolves? 10 illegal Snare Traps discovered in Forest β»
A hunter discovered ten illegal snare traps in a forest in the municipality of Goldenstedt.
The local wolf consultant believes, they may have been used to catch wolves.
Wolf consultant Ulrich Heitmann from Vechta saw pictures of the traps. They appeared professional to him, he said in an interview with the NDR. They were installed at the height of a doorknob. Heitmann believes that a hunter [
poacher!
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The Goldenstedt/Barnstorf family lives in the area. Police examined the wire traps on site.
Investigators don't believe they were intended for wolves, nor that they were even functional.
Public Prosecutor's Office investigates the Case
The police reported that they informed the responsible hunting leaseholder after the traps were removed. Like the investigators, the leaseholder doesn't believe that the traps were set for wolves. The police now closed the case and referred it to the Oldenburg Public Prosecutor's Office.
Hunting wolves and setting snares are prohibited in Germany.
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/oldenburg_ostfriesland/Jagd-auf-Woelfe-Zehn-illegale-Schlingfallen-in-Wald-entdeckt,schlingfallen100.html
June 05, 2025
Regardless of whether the traps were intended for wolves or other animals.
That's clearly
POACHING
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Setting traps is the worst! The prey dies a long and painful death.
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Some kind advice to all poachers:
Poaching is severely punished everywhere in DE. And don't do that again in the North!
There were good reasons why the reintroduction of the eagle owl was so particularly successful.
Just saying.
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