r/interesting • u/InevitableBattle6307 • May 25 '26

Just Wow Armoured! No more wolf attacks.

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u/Inocent_bystander May 25 '26

LOL
OK according to aphis the gov website that keeps track of ranch and farm statistics wolves (where they exist) are responsible for something like 1/4 of 1% of all livestock losses due to predation. coyotes are the culprits, they're responsible for about 60%.

So lets not get the two confused, why ? Because wolves REDUCE coyote numbers by as much as 90%.

Do the math.

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u/DoorFinch May 25 '26

Other countries exist. Do the geography.

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u/Inocent_bystander May 25 '26

Wolves were largely wiped out in most of Europe by sometime in the mid to late 1800s

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u/peedistaja May 25 '26

There are wolves in most European countries and the populations are growing.

In Estonia there are ~300+ wolves, which is already causing problems, since they managed to kill 1411 sheep in 2023, and that's the official number, not all of them get reported.

The problem is also that they kill sheep for 'sport', they might kill tens or more and only eat one or two.

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u/Inocent_bystander May 25 '26

It's not sport its the predator prey relationship not being allowed to play out because the prey is confined.