Overview

• Over 1,500 participants marched through central Madrid on June 22, carrying banners and chanting slogans calling for an end to wolf hunting
• The protest was organized by a coalition of environmental groups including WWF, Animal Guardians, and Ecologistas en Acción, with support from Podemos MEP Irene Montero
• Speakers urged the reinstatement of the Iberian wolf to the List of Wild Species under Special Protection Regime (LESPRE) after a March amendment by the PP, Vox, Junts and PNV removed northern populations from the list
• WWF coordinator Luis Suárez argued that killing wolves fails to address livestock conflicts and called for science-based measures and rapid compensation for farmers
• The march concluded with a manifesto invoking the EU Habitats Directive and calling for conservation plans, secure ecological corridors and tougher action against poaching