Madrid’s regional government is to double its compensation fund for farmers who lose animals to wolves after a steep increase in fatal attacks in the last year. Wolves, hunted to the brink of extinction over the past seven decades, have begun to reappear in the region in recent years. Their return has been most keenly noticed by farmers, whose sheep, …
Big, Bad Challenges for Spain’s Rebounding Wolves
“What is the value of a wolf?” I wondered, observing two of them resting a few feet away under the hot Spanish sun. Totally in tune with their environment, these two Iberian wolves looked out at the world through brilliant light-colored eyes. Sunlight spread across distinctive black-marked fur on their backs and forepaws. Their scientific name is Canis lupus signatus …
Wolves return to mountains outside Madrid – Telegraph
Wolves return to mountains outside Madrid Pack of wolves colonise area in Sierra Norte, mountain range north of Madrid, almost 70 years after species was wiped out across Spain via Wolves return to mountains outside Madrid – Telegraph.