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Italy at a glance
Main prey for wolves here are deer, wild boar, chamois, livestock and garbage.
This article puts the current population between 1,500 and 2,000 wolves living in Italy.
Species Information
Italian wolf (Creative Commons)
Species
Common Names: gray wolf, lupo (Italian)
Latin Name: Canis lupus
Subspecies
Common Name: Italian wolf
Latin Name: Canis lupus italicus
Current Wolf Population, Trend, Status
Number of wolves: About 1,200 to 2,000, depending on the source, most of which live in the mountains of the Alps and Apennines.
Population trend: Increasing
Legal protection: Full protection (no exceptions), but illegal killing occurs due to livestock depredations
This page was last updated in 2020.
Research
- Wolf research and conservation in Italy
- Wolf population estimate in Italy and monitoring perspectives
- Occurrence of black wolves in the Northern Apennines, Italy
- Italian wolves and molecular detection of taeniids in the Foreste Casantinesi National Park, Northern Italian
- Wolf survival and population trend using non-invasive capture-recapture techniques in the Western Alps
