00:01From attacks in Puglia to sightings in Emilia-Romagna, Umbria and Lazio, the summer of 2026 was marked by a
00:10widespread alarm over wolves.
00:13Italy has the largest wolf population in Europe. According to the latest national survey from 2022, there are approximately 3
00:22,500 wolves.
00:23What worries people is the growing number of sightings near populated areas and attacks on livestock and people.
00:33According to farmer Raffaele Pina, wolves were not there before and the problem has worsened in recent years.
01:06The number of attacks remained low, but co-existence between human beings and animals, the number of attacks remained low,
01:10and the number of attacks remained complex and preventive measures currently appear to be the most effective.
01:15In Italy, we have a very similar situation to Europe from the point of view of the conflict level.
01:20The data correspond almost completely.
01:22There are studies made in the last 5-10 years that the wolf is responsible for the predation
01:31of about the 0,06% of cats in Europe.
01:36The Italian numbers are similar.
01:38So, that means that the wolf every year kills a cat every 10.000 cat.
01:44So, if we look at the level of zootechnical compartment,
01:47the wolf is certainly not the main responsible for the crisis of the sector.
01:57The best way to deal with these problems is that of preventing.
02:01The training and the dotations are adequate to the allevators,
02:04to reduce the possible damage and possibly azer it.
02:09But when, for some reason, we have to have a deal with lupes particularly confident
02:15with lupes that have taken the habit of creating particular damage,
02:22then we need to intervene.
02:23The wolf's status changed from highly protected species to protected species,
02:28reigniting the debate in Italy and across Europe.
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