These are dark times for wolves that populate the boot. In less than 30 days the northern flocks have lost about ten predators. In fact, 10 wolves found dead in the regional borders of Trentino in February 2025 only.
The news is the autonomous province of Trento in the monthly updates on the big carnivores Trentino, updates that do not let anything good for wolves. The past month began with a chilling news and ended with a harmful record for the wild species.
Exactly on 1 February 2025 four carcasses of wolves were recovered north of Barco di Levico adjacent to the cycle path. Behind their death there is no natural cause but man’s hand. The four predators were poisoned as confirmed during investigation.
To the poisoning are added the wolves victims of road collisions. 5 specimens died in this way. A few days after the discovery of the four carcasses, another wolf died on the road. The individual was invested in IMER locality on February 4th. Less than two weeks after the event still a report with the same final. A wolf died on the asphalt in Monclassico on February 16.
The black list continues in Pieve di Bono-Piezzo, where on 21 and 23 February two wolves died following the impact with a vehicle. Also on February 23, another wolf put back the pens in Predazzo.
The discovery of the body of a young wolf female in the names of names on February 28 closes the month. It will be the Zooprophylactic Institute to clarify the nature of the death of this umpteenth specimen of wolf.
The monthly relationship, a mirror of the European situation, outlines A worrying condition for the wolf and for its conservation. The latter is already falter due to the downgrading of the protection status of the species from “rigorously protected” to “protected” and its inevitable consequences. Between poisoning, shots of rifle, collisions, fauna campaigns, talking about safeguarding and coexistence with wild animals is increasingly difficult.
