Wolf attacks on livestock - 2021 report

Compiled from 2021 data, the report clearly shows that the level of damage caused by wolves remains steady and is not increasing.

Analysis of the 2021 data report clearly shows that the level of damage caused by wolves remains at a similar level and is not increasing. The number of wolf attacks on livestock in 2021 was 132, comparable to 2020 (135 attacks) and lower than in previous years (167 attacks in 2019, 166 in 2018), despite the fact that the number of wolves in Podkarpacie seems to be systematically increasing.

According to data from the second half of 2021 (July 1 – December 31), there were 98 wolf attacks on livestock during this period. This is a slight increase from the second half of 2020, when there were 91 attacks, but a decrease of as much as 26% from the second half of 2019, when there were 122 attacks.

The species most frequently attacked by wolves in the second half of 2021 were sheep (68 attacks), followed by cattle (7), horses (6), goats (4), and fallow deer and farmed deer (12).

Summing up the entire year 2021, there were 132 attacks on livestock. Additionally, there were 108 confirmed wolf attacks on dogs in farmyard areas, and about 30 reports of wolves appearing between buildings or in close proximity to people.

Source: Hubert Fedyń, RDOŚ in Rzeszów