Thessaloniki: Fluorescent vests with spikes for hunting dogs protect them from wolf bites

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Special fluorescent vests with spikes for hunting dogs, which could beryllium life-saving during wolf attacks, are expected to beryllium procured by the biology enactment “Callisto” arsenic portion of a European program.

This inaugural is 1 of the actions of the LIFE Rhodope Vulture project, which focuses connected reducing conflicts related to hunting — specifically, connected minimizing the nonaccomplishment of hunting dogs owed to wolf attacks.

The innovative inaugural is being implemented successful practice with the hunting associations of Orestiada and Stavroupoli, who are besides partners successful the program. Members of these associations are expected to person the vests for their dogs, successful bid to trial them successful the tract and forestall injuries during hunts.

“There are spikes connected the vests, with a absorption connected the cervix area, truthful that successful lawsuit of a wolf attack, the wolf gets injured and flees,” explained Iason Banteos, connection serviceman of the biology organization, to the Athens News Agency.

For the purposes of this initiative, Callisto subordinate and wood adept (MSc) Vangelis Theodosiadis visited Croatia during a peculiar lawsuit held arsenic portion of the European LIFE Wild Wolf project.

At the lawsuit successful Split, 60 specialized vests were distributed to Croatian hunters for testing. This is the 2nd batch of vests provided nether the task and they volition beryllium tested successful existent conditions to measure their effectiveness.

“The hunting canine needs to beryllium trained to deterioration it, but it’s a lightweight construction, and wherever it has been used, it has shown results,” added Mr. Banteos.

The LIFE Rhodope Vulture project, successful which Callisto participates arsenic a partner, aims to conserve the colonisation of the endangered achromatic vulture successful the Balkans. It carries retired actions to trim the amerciable usage of poisoned baits — a long-standing menace to the species.