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COUNTRY
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Estimated Population 97/98
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Current Status
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Afghanistan
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1,000
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No protection, constantly harassed and hunted; probably declining
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Austria
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5
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Thought to have dispersed from Slovenia
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Bangladesh
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Under 10
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Dispersal from India
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Belarus
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2,000
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Unprotected, decreasing from hunting
pressures and loss of habitat;
up to 1,500 wolves killed every year
including pups
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Bosnia-Hertzagovina
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400
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Decreasing because of lack of legal protection and hunting pressure
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Bulgaria
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800
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Hunted year round, unprotected;
300-500 killed annually; population decreasing
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Canada
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60,000
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Stable but nonsustainable harvesting in some areas (e.g., Northwest Territories)
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China
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6,000
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Protected; relatively stable
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Croatia
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50-100
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Protected since May 1955; decreasing in some areas because of illegal hunting
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Czech Republic
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5
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Legally protected but still hunted; hunters killed the last 18 in 1996-1997; Slovakia dispersers then moved in
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Egypt
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25
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On Sanai Peninsula only; probably declining because of lack of prey
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Estonia
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450-500
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Legal hunting kills 200-300 yearly
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Finland
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50
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Stable
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France
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7-15
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Decreasing
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Germany
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Under 10
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Increasing (dispersed from Poland)
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Greenland
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50-100
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Unknown
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Greece
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200-300
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Most in a stable population on border with Macedonia; hunting permitted
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Hungary
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10-30
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Declining because of poaching and habitat loss; probably from Slovakia
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India
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1,300-1,600
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Protected but decreasing because of persecution and habitat loss
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Iran
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1,000
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Data a decade old but population appears stable
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Israel
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150
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Protected since 1954; stable
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Italy
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400-500
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Protected, increasing
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Jordan
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100-200
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Unprotected and routinely killed by farmers
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Kazakhstan
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9,000
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Unprotected, bounties paid; population stable
or perhaps increasing because of reduces hunting pressures
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Latvia
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900
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Unprotected, hunted throughout the year; about 400 killed annually;decreasing - due to
hunting.
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Lebanon
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10
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Unknown
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Lithuania
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600
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Hunted legally from July to April; 100-200 killed yearly; decreasing - due to
hunting.
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Macedonia
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500
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Unprotected; probably decreasing because of hunting
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Mongolia
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30,000
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No protection; decreasing because of persecution and habitat loss
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Norway
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20-30
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Border population shared with Sweden; fully protected but can be hunted under certain conditions
(e.g., livestock predation)
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Poland
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600-850
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Stable; nationwide protection since 1998; lower estimate considered more accurate
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Portugal
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250-300
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Protected but decreasing because of illegal hunting and habitat destruction.
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Romania
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2,500
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Unprotected, can be hunted legally; thought ot be decreasing because of hunting and
habitat loss; 2,500 considered to be overstimate
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Russia
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30,000-40,000
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Unprotected; increasing in far north and parts of European Russia (less hunting pressure);
decreasing on the Steppes ans in parts of Serbia because of lack of prey species and habitat destruction
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Saudi Arabia
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600-700
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No protection; considered stable
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Slovakia
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250-450
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Decreasing because of hunting poaching and habitat loss;
lower estimate considered more accurate
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Slovenia
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25-25
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Protected; stable
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Spain
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2,000
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Legal hunting season; population in decline because of persecution
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Sweden
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20-30
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Border population shared with Norway; See Norway
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Switzerland
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5
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Dispersed from Italy
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Syria
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300
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Near border with Turkey; Unprotected and probably decreasing
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Ukraine
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2,000-3,000
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Unprotected; hunted all year; decreasing because of hunting pressure
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USA (lower 48)
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2,700
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Stable or increasing because of disperal and reintroduction
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USA - Alaska
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6,000 - 8,000
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Unclear
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Yugoslavia
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500
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Hunted most of the year
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