Workshop on the wolf - 3 April 2003

On Thursday, 3 April, a workshop on "Preparation of the Plan of Wolf Management in Croatia" was held, in which about 30 representatives of all interest groups took part. The workshop was conducted by Prof. Dr. Alistair Bath, a Canadian project associate, one of the leading international experts in the study of sociological aspects of wildlife conservation/management and Aleksandra Majiæ, a postgraduate student of the human dimension of wildlife management at the University of Newfoundland, Canada. All the participants agreed that conservation of the wolf population in Croatia should be the top priority objective, but the method to achieve this still has to be determined. It was stressed that in the first place all data on the wolf population, its diet basis (number of cattle, game), impact on the wildlife, damage caused to cattle, precautionary measures to be taken, etc. were to be collected. The majority of participants were tasked with the collection of these data and their presentation at the following workshop scheduled for the middle of May.