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Picture wolf: ©Charly Gurt, picture cattle: ©Stanzilla, montage: ©KORA Picture wolf: ©Charly Gurt, picture cattle: ©Stanzilla, montage: ©KORA
For a coexistence of wolves and cattle farmers
Switzerland is currently home to around 300 wolves and around 1.5 million cattle. Cow husbandry is considered a cultural asset and it is impossible to imagine Switzerland without it. Although the main food of wolves is wild animals and especially cervids, farm animals are also killed. Mostly sheep are affected, sometimes also large farm animals such as cattle or donkeys. A broad-based KORA project is finding out under which conditions low-conflict coexistence can succeed.
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Canton of Grisons: Calanda wolf F07, probably the oldest wolf in Switzerland, is dead
Probably the oldest female wolf in Switzerland is dead. The female F07, founder of the Calanda pack, had to be shot by the gamekeepers on Monday evening near Haldenstein due to her physically poor condition and lack of escape reactions. The age of the animal is estimated at 13 to 14 years. In June 2011, the first traces of F07 were found in the Upper Valais. Since autumn 2011, the she-wolf had been living in the canton of Graubünden.
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Patrick Scherrer in the laboratory © FIWI/Patrick Scherrer