2. They are distributed almost continuously
over the Carpathian Mountains and their
population densities are increasing compared
to other parts in Europe.
After World War II, wolves were present in all
forested parts of Romania and numbered over
4,000 animals. However, excessive livestock
depredation occurred and as a result in 1955,
the government launched a campaign to
control wolf numbers.
3. Intensive hunting, trapping,
and particularly the use of
poison,reduced wolves to a
low,by 1967, the wolf
population had declined to
about 1,500 and only the
remoteness of the
mountains
