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Countries with wolf populations

Country
No. of wolves
Status
Trend


Portugal

Spain

France

Italy

Switzerland

Germany

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Poland

Estonia

Lithuania

Latvia

Belarus

Ukraine

Czech Republic

Slovakia

Slovenia

Croatia

Bosnia– Herzegovina

Yugoslav Federation

Hungary

Romania

Moldavia

Bulgaria

Greece

Serbia

FYR Macedonia

Albania


200-300

2,000

30 - 70

400-500

<5

5-10

5-10

50-170

180+

600-700

100-150

400-500

300-500

2000

2000

<20

350

100-150

100-150

400

500

<50

2,500

Not known

800-1000

500-700

500

800-1,000

250


Protected

Some legal hunting

Protected

Protected

Protected

Protected

Protected

Protected

Some legal hunting

Protected

Some legal hunting

Some legal hunting

Some legal hunting

Legally hunted

Legally hunted

Protected

Some legal hunting

Protected

Protected

Legally hunted

Legally hunted

Protected

Some legal hunting

Not known

Legally hunted

Protected

Legally hunted

Legally hunted

Legally hunted


Stable

Increasing

Increasing

Increasing

Increasing

Increasing

Stable

Increasing

Stable

Stable

Stable

Increasing

Stable

Stable

Stable

Increasing

Stable

Increasing

Increasing

Decreasing

Not known

Stable

Increasing

Not known

Stable

Stable

Stable or increasing

Increasing

Increasing

Adapted from: Action Plan for the conservation of wolves in Europe, Council of Europe, 2000

 

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