Howlings in the night
During the summer, wolf cubs are moved by their parents from their den to open places, the rendezvous sites. With the wolf howling technique, the response of the puppies is stimulated to evaluate if the breeding has occurred in the herds and then locate them.
The howling is one of the most used techniques in the study of wolf populations. The cubs born in spring, after about three months, are moved from the den to open but protected places, called rendezvous sites. Here, thanks to the care and attention of the pack, those experiences that will lead them to adulthood will begin.
ISPRA is involved at national level to coordination of the wolf monitoring.