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What are the possible reasons for the decision to re-introduce grey wolves into the National Park?

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What are the possible reasons for the decision to re-introduce grey wolves into the National Park?

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3. The wolves were brought in because the increased elk population was overgrazing the deciduous, woody species such as aspen and cottonwood.

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Just like the wolves of Yellostone National Park, the return of the wolves in Parnitha mountain, bring a new balance in the ecosystem as the predator-pray relationship with the deer will change the way all the trophic pyramid works from top to bottom.

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Wolves Return to Mount Parnitha On the Outskirts of Athens

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Wolves Return to Mount Parnitha On the Outskirts of Athens

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Environmentalists confirmed the presence of wolves on Mount Parnitha on the outskirts of Athens using automatic infrared photography.

Using cameras that remained active for six months, following a request for technical support by Parnitha Forestry, the Kallisto Environmental Organization for Wild Life and Nature recorded a pack of 7-8 wolves.

According to Kallisto, the phenomenon is "interpreted as a natural re-settlement of a dispersed species. They also gave the assurance that the presence of the wolf in the area does not constitute a threat for hikers and visitors in general.

The re-settlement of major carnivores in Greece has started in the last 20 years with the gradual reappearance of wolves in areas where they inhabited in the past.

The protection of huge areas of the mountainous and semi-mountainous zones followed by the gradual abandonment of the countryside and the review and upgrading of the legislation on the protection of the wolf and the brown bear along with the recovery of the wild boar, the roe deer and the deer on Parnitha were among the main causes of the gradual recovery of the species in areas where they had disappeared, according to Kallisto.

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Wolves Return to Mount Parnitha On the Outskirts of Athens

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Environmentalists confirmed the presence of wolves on Mount Parnitha on the outskirts of Athens using automatic infrared photography. Using cameras that remained active for six months, following a request for technical support by Parnitha Forestry, the Kallisto Environmental Organization for Wild Life and Nature recorded a pack of 7-8 wolves.

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The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) is the leading star of Parnitha's fauna. It lives and is reproduced in a natural environment, in Parnitha National Park. Only two large, natural populations of this species are left in our country, one in Rhodopi and the biggest one in Parnitha, where it is estimated that more than 500 individuals exist (Papika, 2007).

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Another predator- pray relationship, this time between the red fox that usually hunts smaller animals but it will target reptiles and hares like the brown hare that is the most common in the area of Parnitha.

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οι αλεπούδες επιστρέφουν στην αθήνα!

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Οι αλεπούδες επιστρέφουν στην Αθήνα!

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Οι αλεπούδες επιστρέφουν στην Αθήνα! - Το πρώην 'επικηρυγμένο' ζώο κατεβαίνει πλέον σε αστικές περιοχές για να βρει τροφή και προστατεύει περιβάλλον. 20/2/2012 - αρχείο real news, planet - Real.gr

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Species information

Statistics

Length: 50-70cm
Weight: 2-5kg
Average lifespan: 2-4 years

Conservation status

When to see

January to December

About

Thought to have been introduced into the UK in Roman times (or even earlier), the brown hare is now considered naturalised. It is most common in grassland habitats and at woodland edges, favouring a mosaic of arable fields, grasses and hedgerows. It grazes on vegetation and the bark of young trees and bushes. Brown hares do not dig burrows, but shelter in 'forms', which are shallow depressions in the ground or grass; when disturbed, they can be seen bounding across the fields, using their powerful hind legs to propel them forwards, often in a zigzag pattern. Brown hares are at their most visible in early spring when the breeding season encourages fighting or 'boxing'. Females can produce three to four litters of two to four young (known as leverets) a year.

How to identify

The brown hare is golden-brown, with a pale belly and a white tail. It is larger than the rabbit, with longer legs and longer ears with distinctive black tips.

Distribution

Widespread across the UK but declining.

Did you know?

If you spot brown hares 'boxing' in the fields, it is most likely that you are watching a female warding off the advances of an amorous male, not two males fighting. If a fight does happen, the two hares will stand on their hind legs and attack each other with their front paws, pulling out fur. This gives the impression of two boxers in a ring.

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Length: 50-70cm Weight: 2-5kg Average lifespan: 2-4 years January to December Thought to have been introduced into the UK in Roman times (or even earlier), the brown hare is now considered naturalised. It is most common in grassland habitats and at woodland edges, favouring a mosaic of arable fields, grasses and hedgerows.

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Viscum Album is best known as Gky, Vixus, Eletes and Honey. Plant, parasitic, that generally grows at Greece on the logs of fir trees. Rarely on oaks or chestnut trees (while in other countries it grows on peras, apples, poplars, shrubs).
Viscum Album is no more than a semi-porous, spiny, woody plant. It is semi-parasitic, because it grows on other trees, but it only absorbs juices and nutrients from the host. Its operation and development is regulated by itself so it normally produces chorophyll on its own.

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Viscum album is a hemiparasite on several species of trees, from which it draws water and nutrients. It has a significant role in European mythology, legends, and customs. In modern times, it is commonly featured in Christmas decoration and symbology. ( V.

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The genus includes over two hundred kinds of parasitic plants, which do not produce chlorophyll at all, but germinate in the roots of other plants. The seeds can wait for the proper host for many years, invisible in the soil. When a root of a living plant is found near them, they wake up and spread a tentacle stuck on it and steals water and nutrients to grow.

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Also called the Cretan goat, agrimi, or Cretan ibex, the kri-kri is probably the most famous of native Cretan animals. Thought to have been brought to the country from Persia thousands of years ago, the kri-kri goat, described as a ‘feral domestic goat,’ is now considered native to Crete and can be found on three satellite islands offshore: Dia, Thodorou, and Agii Pantes. Its conservation status is vulnerable, and the animal is now a protected species.

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The kri-kri ( Capra aegagrus cretica), sometimes called the Cretan goat, Agrimi, or Cretan Ibex, is a feral goat inhabiting the Eastern Mediterranean, previously considered a subspecies of wild goat. The kri-kri is now found only on the island of Crete, Greece and three small islands just offshore ( Dia, Thodorou and Agii Pantes).

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The beech marten – a common small carnivore found throughout Greece – is another animal species you may encounter in nature. When it doesn’t find small prey, it feeds largely on fruits and nuts. Since it is not hunted for its fur anymore, a population increase has been recorded – even within small towns.

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Beech marten | Greek Nature Encyclopedia

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Atlas determinant of animals and plants of Greece. Identifier to the flora and fauna of Greece. Determination from the pictures, photos and videos. Information about thousands of species in Greece.

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The jackal population status which recorded 7 main distribution areas in Greece, several local surveys have been undertaken mainly by the NGOs WWF Greece and Callisto. Cumulatively, the results of the different recent surveys show a general increase mainly in the distribution range of the golden jackal in the country during the last decade. Quite encouraging finally, was the fact of new jackal records in areas where it was considered locally extinct even 30 years ago. These recent studies provide strong evidence that the golden jackal will keep expanding its distribution throughout Greece, during the following years.
The jackal's competitors are the red fox and the wolf. Wolves dominate jackals, and jackals dominate foxes.  In Europe, the range of wolves and jackals is mutually exclusive, with jackals abandoning their territory with the arrival of a wolf pack. In Europe, there are an estimated 12,000 wolves. The jackal's recent expansion throughout eastern and western Europe has been attributed to the extermination of the local wolf populations.