France to step up wolf culls as population surges
From AFP and news.yahoo.com:
Paris (AFP) – Wolf populations in the wild jumped in France last year, a faster-than-expected increase that will prompt the government to increase hunting quotas and take other measures to protect livestock herds, officials said Friday.
The ONCFS hunting and wildlife agency said on-the-ground tracking and mathematical modelling had determined 479 to 578 adult wolves on French territory during this year’s winter count, or an average of 530.
