The Grapa pack lives in the Beskidy Mountains of southern Poland, part of the Carpathian Mountain range; a wild refuge extending from Poland and Slovakia through Ukraine and into Romania. The wolves that live in these mountains form an important continuous population, linking eastern and western Europe.

Now these wolves are under threat and need your help to secure their future in a changing world.

Wolves in the Beskidy Mountains and elsewhere in the Carpathians are under increasing pressure from development, new roads, logging and a rise in recreational activities such as skiing and motocross destroying their habitat.  In 2007, the Grapa pack failed to raise pups for the first time since biologists from Association for Nature “WOLF” began studying them over ten years ago.  Although wolves are protected in Poland, illegal killing still occurs, and the Grapa pack’s territory close to the border with Slovakia, where there is a legal wolf-hunting season, makes them vulnerable.  A neighbouring wolf pack was killed by hunters on the Slovak side of the border.

Now Association for Nature “WOLF”, supported by the Wolves and Humans Foundation, have started a five-year conservation project to ensure a future for the Grapa pack and other wolves in the region. For more information about the project click here.

By adopting the Grapa pack, you will be providing vital funding for this work, and helping to protect wolves in the Beskidy Mountains and beyond. Adopting the Grapa pack makes a great gift, and regular updates on the Grapa pack build into an educational picture of the life of a wolf pack living in conditions typical for wolves in Europe today, making it suitable for schools.

As an adopter, you will receive: