EU DECODED: How and why is EU downgrading protection status of wolves?
From EuroNews.com:
Wolves are now present in almost all EU countries and their numbers have increased from 11,000 in 2012 to more than 20,000 last year. Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and Spain have populations of more than 2,000.
The species that was almost extinct in the mid-20th century recovered after being granted strict protection status by the Council of Europe’s Berne Convention in 1982 and the EU Habitats Directive in 1992.
