Projects Supported

Although the wolf began its comeback in the Alpes-Maritimes almost 30 years ago, the cohabitation of the species with livestock farming remains extremely complicated and tense to this day. In the Préalpes d'Azur, the herds are difficult to protect (dense forest cover, rugged karstic geology)…

Evidence of wolf presence (scat) will be collected with the help of a specialised detection dog. Each sample will be genetically analysed to identify the individual and to know precisely the number of wolves present on the massif. A reference study (Roda et al., 2021) has shown that humans miss 75%…