From the high mountains, to the woods of the hills. Then down, to the city limits. Lupo arrived at the gates of Torino. A herd has settled in the area between Superga and the area of San Mauro, a town 8 kilometers from the center of the Piedmontese capital. A presence confirmed by the numerous sightings and continuous monitoring. How many wolves are there in Piedmont?
To answer this question precisely we will have to wait another couple of weeks when, after three years, the results of the new monitoring carried out within the Life Wolfaps project. Beyond the scientific evidence, however, it seems clear that the population has grown compared to 2018 and that a herd has now settled permanently on the outskirts of Turin, in the hilly area between Superga, Marentino and San Mauro.
This is confirmed by the sightings and predations of animals that have taken place between January and the summer of last year. Amidst protests from breeders and proposals from hunters, it will still be necessary to get used to an increasingly massive and close presence of the wolf, even if the alarm bell sounded after the attacks on the flock on the Bertolla island, at the foot of the Superga woods, "Must not trigger alarmism".