Protecting Wolves & Educating People // Wölfe schützen & Menschen aufklären // Protection des loups et éducation des humains...

There are so many associations across the world that provide support and resources to facilitate the co-existence of humans, livestock and large predators, like wolves.

Disclaimer: These external sites of predominantly independent, non-profit organisation from across Europe and beyond provide information on wolf conservation and wolf protection. I accept no resposibiliy for any of these external links. The last time I checked they provided useful information on wolves. If any of the links no longer work or if any of these external websites are not appropriate, please let me know.

CAP LOUP (F)

This website provides an enormous amount of information relating to wolves - relevant for wolves across the world, not just France. CAP Loup, unites several societies working for the protection of the wolf in France.

CH WOLF (CH)

Excellent website with a lot of information on wolves, not just limited to Switzerland. Among others, good information on how to protect your livestock against possible wolf attacks. The website is available in several languages, like German, French, Italian and Romansh.
CHWolf.org bietet sehr gute Informationen, nicht nur über die Wölfe in der Schweiz. Unter anderem auch gute Informationen zum Herdenschutz.

NABU - Willkommen Wolf (D)

This website provides useful information about wolves and wolf-human relations, combatting people's irrational fears, notably in Germany. The NABU stands for "Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V." and is dedicated to conservation of rivers, forests, birds and other animals, notably wolves!
NABU Willkommen Wolf, Germany.

WOLF SCIENCE CENTER (A)

Wolf Science Center, Wolfsforschungszentrum, A - 2115 Ernstbrunn, Austria.
Der WSC hat seine eigenen handaufgezogenen Wölfe (und Hunde) und betreibt Grundlagenforschung zum Verhalten von Wölfen und den Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen Wolf, Hund und Mensch. Dadurch können Menschen über das Verhalten von Wölfen und über die besten Haltungsmöglichkeiten von Wölfen und Hunden unterrichtet werden. Es gibt mehrere Drittmittel gefördete Forschungsprojekte. Das WSC und seine Wölfe und Hunde kann man auch besuchen und zwar im Wildpark Ernstbrunn bei Wien.

UK WOLF CONSERVATION CENTRE (UK)

UK Wolf Conservation Centre, UKWCT (Britain). THE UKWCT has its own wolves in Beenham near Reading. But above all, they are supporting wolf-related conservation across Europe, Asia and the world since 2004, e.g. in Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, India, Nepal, Portugal, Russia and Spain. Projects include educational programmes, reduction of wolf-human conflicts, and for example projects on supporting the Ethiopian Wolf and the Red Wolf. Link to a list of projects worldwide.

MUSÉE DU LOUP - WOLF MUSEUM (F)

The Wolf Museum (Musée de Loup) is a great museum dedicated to the wolf - past and present. It is situated in the village of Le Cloître Saint Thégonnec, in the west of Britanny. Worth a visit!

INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER (US)

Operating world-wide, the International Wolf Center aims, among others, to educate people about wolves: see their website for more information: wolf.org

WOLF CENTER (D)

Wolfcenter, D-27313 Dörverden-Barme (Germany)
The Wolfcenter has its own wolves. And it also wishes to educate people, provide facts and research to combat fake news and irrational fears. Here is a link to their wolf viewpoints.www.wolfcenter.de/ueber-uns-woelfe/vision-standpunkte/

GESELLSCHAFT ZUM SCHUTZ DER WÖLFE (D)

Gesellschaft zum Schutz der Wölfe // Society for the Protection of Wolves
https://www.gzsdw.de/

WOLFSCHUTZ DETUSCHLAND (D)

Wolf Protection in Germany. Link to website.
https://wolfsschutz-deutschland.de/ueber-uns/
More information to follow soon... Sorry, web design takes time...

WWF WOLF (D)

This is the German World Wildlife Fund website for threatened species, here for the protection of wolves: https://www.wwf.de/themen-projekte/bedrohte-tier-und-pflanzenarten/woelfe/

WOLFWATCH UK

Wolfwatch UK :a non-profit organisation dedicated to the rescue and welfare of displaced wolves from captive situations across Europe, while aiming to set the standard for the care of captive wolves, and provide them with a close to natural habitat as is possible.
Website: fwww.wolfwatch.uk/ .

GRUPO LOBO (PT)

Portugal is home to the unique Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus). Grupo Lobo is a Portugese non-profit, non-governmental association that aims at informing the public, at supporting scientific research and promoting practical conservation measures.

WOLF HAVEN INTERNATIONAL (US)

Wolf Haven International is a sanctuay for capitve-born, displaced wolves.

LIVING WITH WOLVES (US)

Living with Wolves (Idaho, US) is dedicated to engaging the public world-wide "in education, outreach and research to promote truth and understanding about wolves" as well as encouraging co-existence". The website also provides countless resources on the famous Sawtooth Pack, that was closely studied by Jim and Jamie Dutcher.

ACHLI (PT)

The Associação de Conservação do Habitat do Lobo Iberico (ACHLI - EN) is a more unusual wolf habitat conservation association: it is non-profit, but it was founded by several renewable energy companies who were developing wind energy projects in the Freita, Arada and Montemuro mountains.

LIFE: EURO LARGE CARNIVORES (EU)

The aim of Euro Large Carnivores is to provide a form to share experiences and approaches about managing the presence of large carnivores across Europe (monitoring, conflict mitigation, damage prevention, security concerns, long-term effects on agriculture and hunting, etc.). A useful resource containing many real-life accounts by people who live in "wolf country", see e.g. "Grazing with Wolves" or "Arrival of th Wolf: Simple Tools, Maximum Efficiency". LIFE is a programme by the European Commission (link to LIFE website).

WWF (I)

WWF Italy website dedicated to the protection of the wolves in Italy.

FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

The Frankfurt Zoological Society is helping to preserve wolves in various parts of the world. For example, the rare Ethiopian Wolf, threatened by extinction, is protected as part of FZS's Bale Mountain Conservation Project in the Ethiopian Highlands (height: 4,000m; c.2.200km2), a place of outstanding biodiversity, in which the FZS cooperates with countless national and international partners to preserve the ecosystem and improve human-animal co-existence (link) // Der seltene, vom Aussterben bedrohte Äthiopische Wolf ist Teil des Projektes "Schutz des Bale-Mountains-National Park, Äthiopien" der Zoologischen Gesellschaft Frankfurt.

CONSERVATION INDIA

The Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) is an endangered species. See website of Conservation India for more information, e.g.on habitat destruction resulting in human-wolf conflicts and illegal killings, notably in the region of the Ranthambore National Park where the Indian wolves "face additional pressures of agriculture (a new trend in the ravines) and sand-mining for the exploding National Capital Region (NCR)"

ENVIRO CARE WELFARE SOCIETY (INDIA)

The ECWS (EnviroCare Welfare Society) is engaged in the protection of the Indian Wolf. See their Facebook page and various newspaper articles, like this one, on the wolf protection by ECWS in India,
An endangered species is the Himalayan Wolf that has been largely overlooked by science until recently. The Himalayan Wolves Project  is providing research to improve our understanding of this amazing wolf. For more information and research, see the WildCru Website.
The Wild Candis India Project ....

MORE TO COME!

For wolf societies in Germany, see also: https://www.elli-radinger.de/wolfsvereine-und-organisationen-in-deutschland-welche-sind-empfehlenswert/
For the conservation of painted wolves aka African wild dogs (lycaon pictus), please go to my painted wolf page.
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