News on wolves

Ceiling 2019
On 7 March, the President of the Republic announced that the maximum number of wolves that can be killed would be increased. “The Ministry has taken very clear steps to adjust the level of levies from 10-12% to 17-19%,” he said.
Number of wolves that can be killed in 2019 (ceiling set by the State): 43

Documentation
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on pastoralism and hunting

Assessment of the wolves killed

Dates, places and circumstances under which the last wolves were killed on the CAP-Loup page

Shooting supervision 2018-2023

Technical note of 21/12/2018 setting the number of wolves that can be killed in 2019 at 43

Prefectural decree of 28/11/2018 ordering the continuation of “defensive fire” beyond the ceiling of 51 wolves killed

Prefectural decree of 16/10/18 increasing by 8 individuals the number of wolves that can be killed in France in 2018

Prefectural decree of 25/06/18 increasing by 3 individuals the number of wolves that can be killed in France in 2018

Ministerial decree of 19/02/18 fixing the number of wolves that can be killed each year

Ministerial decree of 19/02/18 regulating wolf shooting

For more information, visit the CAP LOUP website…

Wolf Plan 2018-2023

National action plan 2018-2023 on wolves and livestock activities

Results of the genetic study on the possible hybridization of wolves in France – August 2017

Hybridization between wolves and dogs exists (because of the dogs’ divagation) but remains a very rare phenomenon, as elsewhere in the world.

Collective scientific expertise of March 7, 2017 on the future of the wolf population in France

This study, commissioned by the Ministry of Ecology, shows that state-led wolf shooting threatens the conservation of the species in France

The red lists….

Red list and wolf protection in France

Red List of Threatened Mammals in France (2009)

Ministerial decree of 23/04/07 establishing the list of protected mammals in France

Protection of wolves in Europe

Berne Convention (19/09/79, ratified in France on 26/04/90)

Habitat-Fauna-Flora Directive (21/05/92)