LUPUS - Institute for Wolf Monitoring and Research in Germany

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LUPUS - Institute for Wolf Monitoring and Research in Germany is a research facility based in Spreewitz . It was founded in January 2003 as the LUPUS Wildlife Biology Office by the biologists Gesa Kluth and Ilka Reinhardt and is still managed by them today (2015). The main area of ​​work is the scientific support and research of the natural repopulation of Germany by the wolf . LUPUS works on behalf of the Saxon State Ministry for the Environment and Agriculture and is supported by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation , the Federal Forests division of the Federal Agency for Real Estate and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) .

Work areas

The wildlife biology office LUPUS has, among other things, drawn up the “Technical Concept for Wolf Management in Germany” on behalf of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) . It organizes and leads the wolf monitoring in Saxony and in the south of Brandenburg as well as in Saxony-Anhalt .

The scientific work of the Büro zum Wolf includes, among other things, the inventory, for example using photo traps, trace monitoring, telemetry , food analysis and genetic examinations. Since 2003 wolves in Lusatia have been equipped with collar transmitters in order to research the use of the territory, way of life and spread; In January 2011 the project was extended to Saxony-Anhalt .

LUPUS also works with other institutions to provide professional information to the population. The integration of wolves in their habitat and their acceptance by the population are supported. Advice to those affected in agriculture, such as sheep farmers, and on-site meetings with the population are intended to reduce the fear of the wolf and enable peaceful coexistence between wolf and human.

reception

The work of LUPUS is regularly discussed in the media. With some of the hunters, the return of the wolf meets with rejection, which is also directed against the staff of the institute.

literature

  • Petra Kaczensky, Gesa Kluth, Felix Knauer, Georg Rauer, Ilka Reinhardt, Ulrich Wotschikowsky: Monitoring large carnivores in Germany. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Bonn 2009 ( online, PDF file, 1.47 MB )
  • Gesa Kluth, Ilka Reinhardt: Living with wolves. Saxon State Ministry for Environment and Agriculture. 2011
    • 5th edition revised by Sebastian Koerner and the “Wolfsregion Lausitz” contact office, 2016 ( online, PDF file, 7.5 MB ).
  • Ilka Reinhardt, Georg Rauer, Gesa Kluth, Petra Kaczensky, Felix Knauer, Ulrich Wotschikowsky: Livestock protection methods applicable for Germany - a Country newly recolonized by wolves. In: Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy. Vol 23, 2012, doi : 10.4404 / hystrix-23.1-4555 pp. 62–72 (English, online, PDF file, 856 kB ).
  • Ilka Reinhardt, Gesa Kluth, Sabina Nowak, Robert W. Myslajek: A review of wolf management in Poland and Germany with recommendations for future transboundary collaboration. BfN scripts Volume 356. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Bonn 2013 (English, online, PDF file, 5.57 MB ).
  • Ilka Reinhardt, Gesa Kluth, Sabina Nowak, Robert W. Myslajek: Standards for the monitoring of the Central European wolf population in Germany and Poland. BfN scripts Volume 398. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Bonn 2015 (English, online, PDF file, 1.36 MB ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The shooting at the wolf in Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 13, 2008
  2. ^ Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS: Gesa Kluth. ( Online ( Memento from June 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed July 24, 2011)
  3. ↑ Ilka Reinhardt, Gesa Kluth: Living with wolves, guidelines for dealing with a conflict-prone species in Germany. BfN scripts Volume 201, 2007: p. 3
  4. ↑ a b Ilka Reinhardt, Gesa Kluth, Catriona Blum & Sebastian Koerner: Wölfe in der Lausitz - Status report for the monitoring year 2009/2010. ( Online as PDF ( Memento from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ))
  5. ↑ a b Landesportal Sachsen-Anhalt: Investigation of the space-time behavior of wolves in Saxony-Anhalt including possible migration of young wolves with the help of GPSGSM telemetry (PDF file; 1.17 MB) April 6, 2011, accessed on July 23, 2011
  6. ^ Technical University of Dresden: Wolves - Methods: Photo traps & telemetry
  7. ^ "Wolves in the Lausitz": Lecture in the district museum in: Lausitzer Rundschau , regional edition Elsterwerda, February 9, 2010.
  8. ^ Hermann Ansorge, Gesa Kluth and Susann Hahne: Feeding ecology of wolves Canis lupus returning to Germany. In: Acta Theriologica. 51, Issue 1, 2006: pp. 99-106, doi : 10.1007 / BF03192661
  9. ^ Hermann Ansorge, Maika Holzapfel, Gesa Kluth, Ilka Reinhardt, Carina Wagner: The return of the wolves. The first decade . In: Biology in Our Time . tape 40 , no. 4 , 2010, p. 244-253 , doi : 10.1002 / biuz.201010425 .
  10. ↑ Research by the Lupus Wildlife Biology Office ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Contact office "Wolves in Saxony" @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wolf-sachsen.de
  11. ↑ Telemetry ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wolf-sachsen.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Contact office "Wolves in Saxony"
  12. ↑ BfN: Pilot study on the migration and spread of wolves in Germany. ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ^ Daniel Preikschat: Educational trip to the Oberlausitzer Wolfsregion in: Lausitzer Rundschau , regional edition Weißwasser, 14 July 2011.
  14. ↑ Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU): The wolves are back. (PDF file; 81 kB) Status 2006. Accessed July 23, 2011
  15. ↑ Anhalt-Bitterfeld: Anger in Wolfsland in: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of March 7, 2011
  16. ↑ Nature conservation versus hunters: Wolves return to Germany in: Frankfurter Rundschau from March 3, 2010