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The wolf still considered a pest and a legal target in North Macedonia, rewards given for its killing

The wolf in North Macedonia is still considered a pest. He is one of the three big predators inhabiting the country’s mountains, together with the bear and the Balkan Lynx, but is least protected. This animal is still a legal target, for whose killing the hunters get money rewards, although the domestic environmental associations are alerting that the wolf...

Macedonian mountains are full of abandoned dogs, which eat lynx’s prey and attack people

The mountains in North Macedonia are full of abandoned dogs that pose a threat not only to people, but also to wildlife. Packs of hungry dogs are eating the lynx's prey and the prey of other carnivores in the wild, and due to the genetic similarities, they also hybridize with wolves. But, although they are looked upon as predators, the...

The poisoning and the poaching exterminated the wild animals in North Macedonia, but still no fines for the eco crimes

The poisoning, the poaching and the illegal trade are among the main threats to North Macedonia's wildlife. The Egyptian vulture and the Balkan lynx are on the verge of extinction and the bear, the wolf, the fox and the jackal are also under great threat. Still, despite all aforementioned crimes are one of the main reasons for decimation of...

North Macedonia after two decades still without wild animal shelter

Even though the concept of animal rights is usually tied to the protection and welfare of the domestic animals, the wild animals have equal rights. Their protection is stipulated in the Law on Nature Protection, which regulates the protection of the biodiversity  part of which are also the wild animals; as well as the Law on Hunting and the...

North Macedonia: Red Lists alone can’t save wild animals from poisoning and poaching

Poisonings, hunting, capturing or killing are almost everyday threats that wild animals in North Macedonia are faced with. Under threat are also the animals that are included in the Red Lists of endangered species, because despite the high sentences for these crimes, which can be up to ten years imprisonment, so far no one has been punished or sentenced....

Man must stop destroying natural habitats and save biodiversity

The destruction of the natural habitats or their endangerment to a degree when the animals and the plants have no basic conditions for sheer survival has become the gruesome reality of the modern society. Man's need to usurp and use the resources only for his needs is one of the biggest threats to the biodiversity. Despite the dangers lurking...

Young lynx in Jasen Nature Reserve in North Macedonia photographed and collared with GPS tracker

The Macedonian Ecological Society - MES captured and collared with a GPS tracker a young lynx that lives in the Jasen Nature Reserve in North Macedonia. The lynx which was named Noni, is the first Balkan lynx, which is an endangered species, to be monitored with a GPS collar outside of the Mavrovo National Park. Macedonian ecologists state that they...