Miha Krofel: Living with Wolves
Miha Krofel talks about living with wolves. He speaks to the misbeliefs many people hold and how these misbeliefs affect wolf management.
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ABOUT Miha Krofel
“Dr Miha Krofel studies the behaviour and ecology of animals, especially larger mammals. Among his projects he is also working on a Life+ project called ‘SloWolf’ pertaining to the conservation and surveillance of the conservation status of the wolf (Canis lupus) population in Slovenia.
The LIFE+ SloWolf project began in January 2010 and will continue through until the end of 2013. It represents the first large-scale project on wolves in Slovenia.
The project is carried out collaboratively by partners from the University of Ljubljana, the Slovenian Forest Service, and the Society for the Conservation, Research and Sustainable Development of the Dinaric Alps – Dinaricum.
The goal of the project is the long-term conservation of the wolf population, its main prey and habitats in Slovenia, and improvement of their co-existence with humans. The continued existence of wolves in Slovenia depends on a number of factors: these will be the subject of study by the project, and the findings and knowledge thereby obtained will form the basis for the successful conservation and management of this charismatic large carnivore species.”
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