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This includes logging reports of the presence of wolves, tracking animals by trails in the snow, as well as information and genetic data on hunted wolves, the report says.
This year, to determine the current state of the wolf population, researchers from the Faculty of Forestry and Ecology of Vytautas Magnus University, ŽAU, performed the analysis of these collected data and studied the genetics of hunted wolves. Researchers have found that the Lithuanian wolf population is successfully restoring genetic diversity. According to a report presented by scientists, at least 54 wolf families live in Lithuania.
The Wolf Conservation Plan, revised by the Ministry of the Environment in 2018, defines long-term objectives for the management and conservation of the wolf population: “to guarantee a favorable conservation status for the wolf species, a population of 31 -62 breeding families (total population of 250-500 individuals), with an annual evaluation of the fulfillment of this objective when planning the use of the wolf population, taking into account the monitoring data on the status of the wolf population and the extent of damage to farm animals “.
According to the data provided in the final reports of the research and development work “Wolf Research Services 2020”, it is proposed to establish maximum limits for hunting wolves.
The Ministry of the Environment proposes the 2020-2021 wolf hunt for the future. For the season, which begins on October 15, the hunt of 175 wolves will be allowed. The draft order of the Minister of the Environment that approves this limit has been submitted to the approval of the interested institutions and the public. Comments and suggestions can be sent to the Ministry of the Environment until October 13.
It is true that somewhat earlier issues were published at the Delfi Tema fair.
“An article has just been published in a robust American magazine, which estimates how many wolves there may be in Lithuania. This is not a study commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment. The scientists took data from loggers found in forests and calculated that we should have up to 600 gray people, ”says naturalist Selemonas Paltanavičius, who says that so far, officials have named between 300 and 400 gray people living in our country.
Another assessment that can be relied upon is family counts. There are 100 gray families in Lithuania. Each has an average of 5-8 animals. According to the naturalist, this indicates that our predator population is strong, perhaps too large.
“It is not only hunting that can help us. Today, it is important to find a way to force a wolf to return to the forest. This is an important task of the civilized world”, – teaches S. Paltanavičius. Cornelijus Alekna, a specialist in the Department of Nature Conservation, Management, Recreation and Hunting of the State Forestry Company, says that it is not worth trying to shoot a wolf that has faced a farmer. The beast will have run a few tens of kilometers in one night and, with permission, the hunters will shoot the wrong gray that attacked the sheep or the goat.
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