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Despite having half the land area of the contiguous United States and double the population density, Europe is home to twice as many wolves as the U.S.
A new study finds that Europe's other large carnivores are experiencing a resurgence in their numbers, too and mostly in nonprotected areas where the animals coexist alongside humans. The success is owed to cross-border cooperation, strong regulations and a public attitude that brings wildlife into the fold with human society, rather than banishing it to the wilderness, according to study leader Guillaume Chapron, a professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences' Grims Wildlife Research Station.
In Europe, "we don't have unspoiled, untouched areas," Chapron told Live Science. "But what is interesting is, that does not mean we do not have carnivores. Au contraire; we have many carnivores." ...
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/12/19/carnivore-comeback-bears-and-wolves-are-thriving-in-europe/?intcmp=features
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Doug Smith at the wolf symposium said that Euro wolves were heavily subsidized using livestock carrion ? seems like a bad idea too me
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Probably a little resistance in the north where they harvest several hundred thousand moose (elg)
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