For Milo and Mina, the wolves of the Millevaches plateau, the mobilization continues!
Under pressure from farming unions blinded by hatred, the Corrèze prefecture refuses to protect the pair of wolves on the Millevaches plateau. They are unique in France due to their genetics, and want nothing more than to live. With our partner, we are redoubling our efforts to defend them!
A family like no other…
We’ve given them a name: Milo and Mina. In May 2023, a wolf had already been killed in Tarnac, but today they are the last representatives of their species in the Limousin. Together, they form a unique couple. Milo, a German-Polish male, crossed a large part of Europe to arrive on the Millevaches plateau. It was here that his path crossed that of Mina, a young female wolf barely two years old whose Italian-Alpine origins have just been confirmed. Fearful and inexperienced, she often travels with her companion. She is doing well and could soon give birth to cubs from an exceptional genetic cross… if only breeders would stop calling for her death.
… which the authorities want to slaughter
Since their discovery in the summer of 2024, the two wolves have been hunted relentlessly, to the point where Milo has been seriously injured. This relentless pursuit must stop! On Wednesday March 19, hand in hand with naturalists from the Carduelis association, we were in Tulle to make their voice heard by the prefect. True to form, the State turned a deaf ear to the arguments of scientists and animal protectors, preferring to side with those who want to see nothing in nature but animals soon to be sent to the slaughterhouse. Profit, a short-term vision, and nothing for biodiversity. Shooting permits remain in place, and the farming lobby is rubbing its hands. For them, it doesn’t matter that Milo and Mina are the only wolves in the whole of the Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne regions combined. It also doesn’t matter that they haven’t caused any “damage” to flocks since November 2024. The unions want only one thing: to exterminate them, whatever the cost.
Cohabitation, the only solution
Yet there is another way, the only one that really works. In Italy, wolves, which are much more numerous than in France, are real mascots. In Abruzzo, farmers have adapted to their presence, and the wild animals now attract tourists and nature lovers alike, boosting the region’s economy. So why do we only think of slaughtering them on our side of the Alps?
For Milo and Mina, we are preparing new actions. Please join us and sign the petition that we are carrying in partnership with Carduelis!