Wolves at the door: (and bears, and lynx)

• Autores: Henry Nicholls
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2981, 2014, págs. 40-43
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Bears, wolves and lynx were once widespread across Europe--including the British Isles--but centuries of hunting. persecution and habitat destruction took their toll. Reliable numbers are hard to come by, but by the mid-20th century, the big three had effectively been exterminated everywhere except for small, precarious populations on the continent's wildest fringes. In the 1970s, however, there was a U-turn in attitudes. The environmental movement raised awareness of the predators' plight and laws protecting them came into force. Wolves in particular continue to recolonize former territories. Here, Nicholls reveals that one of the challenges of counting large carnivores is their secretive and mainly nocturnal nature.