{"id":21855,"date":"2022-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=21855"},"modified":"2022-11-21T10:21:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T09:21:51","slug":"europe-becoming-wilder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/11\/10\/europe-becoming-wilder\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe becoming wilder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif intro\">Grey wolves are among the top predators making a continental comeback <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1176\" height=\"1631\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/bf402071-f3b3-49cc-83fc-9c6a6a19d473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-21853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/bf402071-f3b3-49cc-83fc-9c6a6a19d473.jpg 1176w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/bf402071-f3b3-49cc-83fc-9c6a6a19d473-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/bf402071-f3b3-49cc-83fc-9c6a6a19d473-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/bf402071-f3b3-49cc-83fc-9c6a6a19d473-768x1065.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/bf402071-f3b3-49cc-83fc-9c6a6a19d473-1108x1536.jpg 1108w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" \/><figcaption>The grey wolf is now protected in most European countries <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\">SOME OF EUROPE\u2019S MOST EXCITING wildlife, including brown bears, whitetailed eagles and wolves, are making a dramatic recovery, according to a major new report commissioned by Rewilding Europe, a charity working to restore wild spaces across the continent. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Researchers analysed data on 50 key species of wildlife, ranging from beavers to humpback whales, whose population size and geographical distribution have expanded over the past 40 years. They concluded that effective legal protection, habitat restoration and reintroductions are all helping to drive species recovery. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Among the top predators, the grey wolf is making the strongest recovery. Once hunted to near extinction, 17,000 wolves are now found right across Europe. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Sophie Ledger of the Zoological Society of London and co-author says it \u201cgives cause for optimism\u201d. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-byline\"><strong>Simon Birch <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/Layer-0-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-22253\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/Layer-0-2.png 819w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/Layer-0-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/Layer-0-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/Layer-0-2-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 52px) 100vw, 52px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><em>Sophie Ledger is a conservation scientist<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">PHOTOS: SOPHIE: ZSL; 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