Help Give Wolves a Future!
Wolf hunting is legal in Slovakia, and every year up to 150 wolves are killed. The impact this has on wolves living in the heart of Europe is largely unknown because of a lack of research and monitoring. We need your help to raise $20,000 to complete a pioneering genetic study which will provide unprecedented insights into the effects of hunting on wolf family groups (packs). Please support our crowdfunding appeal Give Wolves a Future! at Generosity by Indiegogo.
Together with our partners and volunteers we have spent the last four years collecting samples of DNA to build up the most accurate picture yet of the wolf population in Slovakia. Genetic analysis provides unprecedented insights into the effects of hunting on wolf family groups (packs). It also shows that population estimates provided by hunters and used by the government to set previous hunting quotas were over-estimated by 700%!
The Slovak Wildlife Society has been promised a place on the official commission that sets the annual quota for wolf hunting, and wants to use the new data to ensure that this is within sustainable limits. Before they can do this, the DNA analysis - conducted by leading experts at the University of Ljubljana - has to be completed and paid for.
In order to have a say on the number of wolves killed this winter, and ensure there is a healthy population of wolves in the future, we need YOUR URGENT HELP to raise $20,000 USD before the hunting commission meets in October. Please DONATE TODAY to save the lives of wolves this winter and help safeguard their long-term survival in Slovakia.
Our heartfelt thanks for their support go to:
Kathryn Tulley
Simon Cooter
Michelle Welch
danpupate
Miroslav Kutal
Daniela Baertschi
David Lintott
Annabelle Amsler
Katarina Mikuskova
Miwa Tajima
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Philip Kolvin
Louise Page
Jonathan Easton
Matthew Shooter
Michael Bedford
Lucy Merry
Michael Taylor
p_macdonald
Laurids Andersen
Blake Held
jbmcc
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and several annonymous donors.