Agri-Business
EU member states have given their backing to a proposal from the European Commission to reduce the protection status of wolves.
Rural Life
The commission has proposed to amend the Habitats Directive to change the status of wolves from ‘strictly protected' to ‘protected'.
A Council of EU meeting of agriculture ministers has heard calls for more to be done to address the rise in wolf attacks on livestock.
Environment
The concentration of wolves in certain EU regions has become a danger for livestock and potentially humans, according to the EU Commission.
