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The “always more” trap in wolf management
The wolf’s permanent return to Switzerland has profoundly altered the balance between biodiversity conservation, livestock farming, and land management. In just a few years, political, media, and public pressure surrounding the predator has intensified, leaving authorities facing ever-greater expectations for immediate results... but also unchanging results. That is, solutions that require no reassessment, that work, and that would potentially prevent any predator attacks.
Yet, behind the debates over hunting quotas, population numbers, or culling permits, a fundamental question is often avoided: what is the actual goal being pursued?
Arsene's pack - Growth and pressure
We're currently in an intense period for Arsene's pack : the cubs have been weaned, and their growth requires more and more meat. The pack must therefore hunt and predate even more, to feed the growing and increasingly demanding appetites of the new arrivals. This is also the period when pressure and attacks on livestock often increase.