Strasbourg (AFP) – Dozens of countries on Tuesday approved downgrading the protection status of the wolf in Europe, a move activists say will upset the recovery made by the species over the past 10 years after near extinction a century ago.
The 49 member states of the Bern Convention charged with the protection of wildlife in Europe and some African countries agreed to lower the wolf's protection status from "strictly protected" to "protected", the Council of Europe said.
