The Iberian Wolf Protection Fund will promote actions to defend the wolf, including a crowdfunding campaign to finance legal and judicial measures, combat misinformation, and foster environmental education and social mediation, aiming to improve the image of a key species in ecosystems. Your support is crucial for its conservation.
The Iberian Wolf Protection Fund will promote actions to defend the wolf, including a crowdfunding campaign to finance legal and judicial measures, combat misinformation, and foster environmental education and social mediation, aiming to improve the image of a key species in ecosystems. Your support is crucial for its conservation.
After being outlawed and hunted for centuries with the aim of exterminating them, predators have regained a certain appreciation from society thanks to studies highlighting their formidable role in preserving biological diversity and the functioning of ecosystems.
Alberto Fernández Gil
«The Iberian Wolf is a species of extraordinary importance for maintaining and restoring the balance and health of our country’s ecosystems. That is why we call on all the administrations involved to work in a coordinated and constructive manner, always relying on the best available scientific knowledge, to protect this species and ensure coexistence with extensive livestock farming and other traditional activities.»
Open letter in support of the Scientific Committee’s opinion and the inclusion of the Iberian Wolf in the List of Wild Species under Special Protection.
Febrero 2021
WWF
«The Iberian Wolf is a species of extraordinary importance for maintaining and restoring the balance and health of our country’s ecosystems. That is why we call on all the administrations involved to work in a coordinated and constructive manner, always relying on the best available scientific knowledge, to protect this species and ensure coexistence with extensive livestock farming and other traditional activities.»
Open letter in support of the Scientific Committee’s opinion and the inclusion of the Iberian Wolf in the List of Wild Species under Special Protection.
Febrero 2021
WWF
In the wolf, there is a wild elegance, a harmony between instinct and wisdom that humans have forgotten.
Hélène Grimaud
What are we facing?
On March 20th, Congress approved an amendment excluding the wolf from the LESRPE (List of Wild Species under Special Protection). The wolf’s inclusion in the LESRPE occurred only a few years ago, supported by a scientific opinion that led to a ministerial decision endorsed by the Council of State.
We are facing an unprecedented attack on the Iberian wolf: a campaign orchestrated by political and economic sectors aiming to dismantle its legal protection.
The recent exclusion from the LESRPE is not merely an administrative change but the first step towards normalising its mass hunting, disguised as “management.” Behind this lies a model that prioritises particular interests over the common good, threatening not only the wolf but also the entire ecological balance it supports.
Certain administrations and pressure groups have propagated an apocalyptic and false narrative about the wolf, politicising its management to justify its persecution. They aim to impose the idea that its presence makes rural life unviable, ignoring its key role as an ecosystem regulator (controlling wild herbivore populations and the prevalence of pathogens) and its status as a near-threatened species (IUCN) and protected by the EU.
What are we facing?
On March 20th, Congress approved an amendment excluding the wolf from the LESRPE (List of Wild Species under Special Protection). The wolf’s inclusion in the LESRPE occurred only a few years ago, supported by a scientific opinion that led to a ministerial decision endorsed by the Council of State.
We are facing an unprecedented attack on the Iberian wolf: a campaign orchestrated by political and economic sectors aiming to dismantle its legal protection.
The recent exclusion from the LESRPE is not merely an administrative change but the first step towards normalising its mass hunting, disguised as “management.” Behind this lies a model that prioritises particular interests over the common good, threatening not only the wolf but also the entire ecological balance it supports.
Certain administrations and pressure groups have propagated an apocalyptic and false narrative about the wolf, politicising its management to justify its persecution. They aim to impose the idea that its presence makes rural life unviable, ignoring its key role as an ecosystem regulator (controlling wild herbivore populations and the prevalence of pathogens) and its status as a near-threatened species (IUCN) and protected by the EU.
Certain administrations and pressure groups have propagated an apocalyptic and false narrative about the wolf, politicising its management to justify its persecution. They aim to impose the idea that its presence makes rural life unviable, ignoring its key role as an ecosystem regulator (controlling wild herbivore populations and the prevalence of pathogens) and its status as a near-threatened species (IUCN) and protected by the EU.
What do we stand for?
Protecting the wolf means defending great truths:
The scientific truth: The wolf is an essential ecological regulator.
The ethical truth: Eradicating a species is an act of arrogance, a backward step into an outdated vision where humanity claims to dominate the universe.
The rural truth: Coexistence is possible but requires political will, not shotguns.
What do we stand for?
Protecting the wolf means defending great truths:
The scientific truth: The wolf is an essential ecological regulator.
The ethical truth: Eradicating a species is an act of arrogance, a backward step into an outdated vision where humanity claims to dominate the universe.
The rural truth: Coexistence is possible but requires political will, not shotguns.
Reconciling the presence of large carnivores with livestock farming must be based on promoting preventive measures, swift assessment, and compensation for damages caused by wolves, within the framework of education and outreach efforts.
Who promotes the Fund?
This initiative against the killing of wolves and for their legal protection is promoted by the Plataforma para la Defensa de la Cordillera Cantábrica and supported by 30 conservation entities across España and Portugal including:
Agrupación Naturalista Esparvel
AnimaNaturalis
Asociación de Educación Ambiental Abantos Activo
Asociación de Naturalistas Palentinos
Asociación Fondo Natural
Asociación Galega de Custodia do Territorio
Asociación Iberozoa
Asociación Lobo
Asociación Naturalista de Aragón (ANSAR)
Asociación Naturalistas del Sureste (ANSE)
Asociación para a Defensa Ecolóxica de Galiza (ADEGA)
Asociación para el Estudio y Protección de la Naturaleza (URZ)
Asociación para la Conservación y Estudio de la Naturaleza de Valladolid (ACENVA)
Asociación para la Defensa de la Naturaleza al Sur de Valencia (ADENSVA)
Asociación para la Defensa de la Naturaleza de Extremadura (ADENEX)
Associació Animal per Cullera
Associació per la Recuperació dels Boscos Autòctons del Sistema Litoral Català (ARBA Litoral)
Bierzo Aire Limpio
Dear Wolf
Ecologistas en Acción de León
Ecologistas Zamora
Ecoloxistas en Acción
Ecoloxistes n’Aición d’Asturies
El Naturalista Cojo
Federación Dean (Defensa Animal Cantabria)
Fundación LURGAIA Fundazioa
Fundación Uxío Novoneyra
GEDEMOL. Grupo de Estudio y Defensa de la Montaña Oriental Leonesa
Grupo de Trabajo y Conservación de la Grulla Común en Extremadura (GRUS)
Grupo Lobo Asturias
Grupo Lobo Galicia
Gurelur Fondo Navarro para la Protección del Medio Natural (GURELUR)
Instituto Alavés de la Naturaleza (IAN-ANI)
Laikas Sombras de Udún
Lliga per a la Defensa del Patrimoni Natural (DEPANA)
Llobu Ecoturismo y Medio Ambiente
Lobo Marley
Mountain Wilderness España
Peripécia Teatro
Plataforma NAC
Quercus Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza (QUERCUS)
Red Montañas
Reforesta
Rewilding Portugal
Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos (SECEM)
Sociedad Gaditana de Historia Natural (SGHN)
Sociedade Galega de Ornitoloxía (SGO)
SOS Montes Torozos
Teachers for Future Spain
Zero Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável (ZERO)
Zoo Logical Conhecimento, Divulgação e Conservação da Fauna (ZL)
| Agrupación Naturalista Esparvel |
| AnimaNaturalis |
| Asociación de Educación Ambiental Abantos Activo |
| Asociación de Naturalistas Palentinos |
| Asociación Fondo Natural |
| Asociación Galega de Custodia do Territorio (AGCT) |
| Asociación Iberozoa |
| Asociación Lobo |
| Asociación Naturalista de Aragón (ANSAR) |
| Asociación Naturalistas del Sureste (ANSE) |
| Asociación para a Defensa Ecolóxica de Galiza (ADEGA) |
| Asociación para la Conservación y Estudio de la Naturaleza de Valladolid (ACENVA) |
| Asociación para la Defensa de la Naturaleza al Sur de Valencia (ADENSVA) |
| Asociación para la Defensa de la Naturaleza de Extremadura (ADENEX) |
| Associació Animal per Cullera |
| Associació per la Recuperació dels Boscos Autòctons del Sistema Litoral Català (ARBA Litoral) |
| Bierzo Aire Limpio |
| Dear Wolf |
| Ecologistas Zamora |
| Ecoloxistas en Acción - Ecologistas en Acción |
| Ecoloxistes n‘Aición d’Asturies - Ecologistas en Acción |
| El Naturalista Cojo |
| Federación Dean (Defensa Animal Cantabria) |
| Fundación Lurgaia Fundazioa |
| Fundación Uxío Novoneyra |
| Grupo de Estudio y Defensa de la Montaña Oriental Leonesa (GEDEMOL) |
| Grupo de Trabajo y Conservación de la Grulla Común en Extremadura (GRUS) |
| Grupo Lobo Asturias |
| Grupo Lobo Galicia |
| Gurelur - Fondo Navarro para la Protección del Medio Natural |
| Instituto Alavés de la Naturaleza (IAN-ANI) |
| Laikas Sombras de Udún |
| Lliga per a la Defensa del Patrimoni Natural (DEPANA) |
| Llobu Ecoturismo y Medio Ambiente |
| Lobo Marley |
| Mountain Wilderness España |
| Peripécia Teatro |
| Plataforma NAC |
| Plataforma para la Defensa de la Cordillera Cantábrica (PDCC) |
| Quercus - Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza (QUERCUS) |
| Red Montañas |
| Reforesta |
| Rewilding Portugal |
| Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos (SECEM) |
| Sociedad Gaditana de Historia Natural (SGHN) |
| Sociedade Galega de Ornitoloxía (SGO) |
| SOS Montes Torozos |
| Teachers for Future Spain |
| Urz Asociación para el Estudio y Protección de la Naturaleza (URZ) |
| Zero Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável (ZERO) |
| Zoo Logical Conhecimento, Divulgação e Conservação da Fauna (ZL) |
Is the persecution of emblematic species like the Iberian wolf the grotesque legislative response to the sixth mass extinction? Allowing the killing of a key predator contradicts science and exposes a political shortsightedness that confuses environmental management with capitulation to particular interests.
Emilio de la Calzada
General Coordination of the Project
They will oversee the comprehensive management of the project, including financial aspects, monitoring, and dissemination of information. They will lead the work of the technical, legal, and communications teams, as well as coordinate relations with other organisations.
Ángela Otero del Castillo
I teach at university and occasionally conduct research on eco-social education. Always learning, I am currently studying Sociology. An environmental activist with my roots in Asturias and my sights set on building horizons of hope. Ecofeminism is the way forward.
Emilio de la Calzada
I am a biologist and a secondary school teacher. I have the honour of chairing the Plataforma para la Defensa de la Cordillera Cantábrica. I grew up among mountains and have spent the best moments of my life there. Mountains are one of the few spaces that resist domestication, and it is within them that untamed forms of life —including the wolf— find refuge.
The legal regression that occurred in Spain a few weeks ago—the result of a political manoeuvre—will have enormous direct and indirect impacts on Portugal’s already fragile wolf populations. These populations depend demographically and genetically on the wolves of the Iberian northwest.
Duarte Cadete
Technical Actions Coordination
They will be responsible for:
Drafting action proposals based on reports, assessments, and technical consultations regarding the socioeconomic aspects of wolves and their distribution areas.
Coordinating technical efforts to restore the Iberian wolf’s protected status in Spain, in collaboration with the legal team.
Facilitating meetings between different stakeholders.
Managing and centralising information published on the project’s website.
Coordinating technical and financial support for organisations working on Iberian wolf conservation in Spain and Portugal.
Mario Quevedo de Anta
PhD in Biology and Senior Lecturer in Ecology at the University of Oviedo. I am personally and professionally invested in nature conservation grounded in solid biological principles. Some of these principles include population viability determinants and the resilience of primary ecosystems.
Duarte Cadete
A graduate in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon, he has focused since 2002 on the ecology and conservation of large carnivores—particularly wolves—with extensive work dedicated to the species’ study, monitoring, and conservation in Portugal. He maintains regular collaborations with Spanish colleagues in Iberian wolf research and conservation and has worked on initiatives related to coexistence measures and the protection of Europe’s large carnivores.
Ernesto Díaz Otero
I specialise in environmental awareness, outreach, and communication, having worked on biodiversity conservation projects with various organisations. A member of the Platform for the Defence of the Cantabrian Mountains, I previously coordinated the Legal Defence Fund for the Cantabrian Mountains. My roots lie in a land of heather and quartzite, where stories of wolves were once told.
The Iberian wolf stands as a barometer of our ecological dignity.
Ernesto Díaz
Legal-Juridical Coordination
This team will be responsible for:
Developing action proposals in the legal and juridical sphere.
Proposing coordination strategies with initiatives from other organisations.
Managing open-access legal and juridical information published on the website.
Recommending the inclusion of specialist advisors to strengthen planned actions.
Jaime Doreste Hernández
I’m an environmental lawyer and Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Law at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). Much of my professional career has focused on providing legal counsel and representation - through administrative, contentious-administrative and criminal proceedings - to civil society organisations, businesses, private individuals and public authorities on matters concerning environmental and territorial protection.
Wolves are the princes of solitude.
Uxío Novoneyra
Communications Team
Responsible for all campaign and project communications, this team will:
Develop outreach initiatives.
Manage media relations.
Oversee social media content.
Silvia Cosío
A philosophy graduate, editor, columnist and creator of the Punto Ciego podcast. She serves as Communications Coordinator.
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