Wolf populations in Spain ‘not out of the woods yet’: Europe votes to downgrade protection status of struggling predator
From the Olive Press:
WOLF populations in Spain have had their protection status downgraded after a Europe-wide vote by the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.
Spain was one of only two member states in the EU to vote against the European Commission’s proposal to move wolves from a ‘strictly protected species’ to a ‘protected species.’
But since the other 25 members voted in favour, Spain’s vote at the Bern Convention was lost since the EU votes as a bloc.
