As someone who has run through many a Moldovan corn field on my way to Romania, I concur with this. No sane person would even suggest there is a stable population of Lamplighters in Moldova, despite the aforementioned forays
No, actually the Vatican has one of the densest wolf populations in the world, with some 3 million wolves in less than half a square kilometer. I was surprised when I saw the Vatican on this list, I thought it was common knowledge.
This source says there is now at least one resident pack of wolves in Austria: https://www.earthtouchnews.com/conservation/success-stories/wolves-are-breeding-in-austria-for-the-first-time-in-over-100-years-photos/
Really? This surprises me a lot. Bahrain and Brunei and the Maldives and Solomon Islands all have wolf populations? How does Bahrain have wolves? Its basically a tiny desert island turned city. Wolves are more widespread than I thought. This is just really surprising I suppose
Yeah, I was surprised about Austria. Since it's neighbors all have wolves (except Liechtenstein) and it's such a mountaineous country, it seems like there should be room for a few.
Are they really sure that the German, Swiss, Italian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Slovak, and Czech wolves never wander in to Austria? That seems odd. Do European wolves not like to go for walks much?
Wolf population in Germany is mostly in the East and North. Don't think there are a lot of wolves who fancy crossing the alpes just to get some Apple strudel.
I guess you can argue about when exactly there's a 'stable population' but indeed, as this BBC article can tell, wolves don't just walk back to Germany anymore: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47838162
Yeah. Pretty sure these wolves aren't travelling through Denmark on their way to Sweden across the Oresund Bridge. In fact on the wikipedia page that is provided, another image shows a population in Denmark.
I'll update this quiz in a year's time. Hopefully we'll have good source data and not just anecdotes. It seems that wolf populations have been growing quite a bit.
There are now wolves in Belgium: https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/108312/belgium-could-have-its-own-wolf-pack-as-early-as-this-year/
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If they even happened to be around the border, they would have to cross Morava or Danube river and then endless basins till they would reach the Alps.
But I am certain Austria still has wolves due to the Alps in the west.
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-45260528
https://wolf.org/headlines/moldova-hybrid-wolves-attack-domestic-animals-moldsilva-specialist/
https://wolf.org/wow/europe/belgium/
Could you Americans [sic] please stop tarring us with the same brush of United Kingdom?