Austria has officially shot 26 wolves this year, a record, but Josef Hechenberger, president of the Tyrol Chamber of Agriculture, is calling for further culls. He told ORF’s ZIB 2 programme on Sunday that livestock farming in the Alps could not be adequately protected without them. Wolf packs are…

A farmer carried a premature 35-kilogram calf on his shoulders for about 40 minutes after it was born in steep, remote terrain at the Feichtenalm mountain pasture, BR reported. Andreas Reiner, a farmer from Ehrl, had gone to bring his pregnant cows down from the pasture in the border region betwe…

Water pipes used to supply snow cannons at the Silvretta Nova ski area in winter are providing drinking water for cattle at the Alpe Nova alpine pasture, ORF reported. The system has supplied the pasture's livestock troughs since the 1980s and has become particularly important during this excepti…

Heat has nearly dried up springs and streams at the Hitzeggen alpine pasture in Graubünden, Switzerland, prompting the Obersaxen Mundaun mountain railway company to fill the cattle’s water troughs with a snow cannon, ORF reported. Herdswoman Sandra Herger is receiving the water so the cattle do n…

Persistent dry periods are weakening mountain springs and putting pasture farming at risk in the Bavarian Alps, BR reported. Farmers raised concerns about water shortages and wolves during the annual main alpine pasture inspection near Lenggries. More than 900 people joined the event in hot weath…