Are there wolves in Denmark?

“The wolf is a predator to the roe deer – if you can have roe deer, you can have wolves,” said Chapron. “As long as we don't disturb them, they will be fine in these human-dominated landscapes. In Denmark there's no reason wolves can't thrive. read more

There are so many feelings and opinions about wolves in Denmark, as everywhere. The wolf debate is very much value-driven rather than related to concrete problems.” There are more than 12,000 wolves in continental Europe (excluding Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) and the wolf is a protected species under the EU’s habitats directive. read more

There are a few, actually, in Jutland (the western part of Denmark), as they have been confirmed during summer of 2014. They are presumed to come from Germany, and are considered an endangered species, so they must not be shot - a thing that farmers in the areas are rather grumpy about, since the wolves have a certain interest in sheep. read more

Wolves are considered to have settled in an area if they are seen there twice in six months."That is most certainly the case with this wolf, which means we can say that we have our first evidence that the wolf is settled in Denmark," Liselotte Wesley Andersen, a senior researcher at Aarhus University, told Denmark's national broadcaster, DR. read more