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Georgia at a glance
Scientists Zaal Kikvidze and Gigi Tevzadze wrote the following in this paper: “Conflicts between humans and wolves are common in countries where there are sizable populations of this species (e.g. Bisi et al. 2007; Balčiauskas 2008). Georgia is one such country where the existence of viable wolf populations, genetically connected to populations in neighbouring countries, is well documented (Kopaliani et al. 2014; Pilot et al. 2014). The last decade has seen a sharp increase in complaints on wolves killing livestock and even attacking humans in rural Georgia (Kopaliani et al. 2009).”
Species Information
Species
Common Name: gray wolf
Latin Name: Canis lupus
Subspecies
Common Name:
Latin Name: Canis lupus cubanensis
Current Wolf Population, Trend, Status
Number of wolves: According to this report from 2010, there are 1,000 to 2,000 wolves in Georgia. The data in the report was supplied by Irakli Shavgulidze (NACRES, Georgia).
Population trend: Growing
Legal protection: Not protected
This page was last updated in 2020.
Additional Information
Research and other links
- Loss of traditional knowledge aggravates wolf-human conflict in Georgia in the wake of socio-economic change
- Why did a Soviet scientist live in the wild with a wolfpack?
- Gene flow between wolf and shepherd dog populations in Georgia (Caucasus)
- Genetic variability of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the Caucasus in comparison with Europe and the Middle East: Distinct or intermediary population?
- Phylogenetic position of the Caucasian wolves compared to the European and Siberian populations of the species
