Official Synopsis
In Italy’s Apennine Mountains, large carnivores are creating problems for herders. The population of wolves and wolf-dog hybrids is growing, and attacks on livestock are increasing. This has devastating economic impact on the herders, who must now confine formerly free-ranging livestock in stables and behind fences. It weakens the management of grazing land and local livestock breeds, leading to loss in biocultural diversity. The herders demand that national and regional governments in Italy take action to address these issues.
Biography
Filmmaker(s): Dario Novellino
Dr. Dario Novellino is an Italian visual anthropologist at the Centre for Biocultural Diversity, University of Kent, specializing in biocultural heritage and human-wildlife conflict.
Related Academic Publication
Zeffiri, F., & Novellino, D..
(2026).
‘The macchia is a garden’: wildfires, pastoralism, and landscape ideologies in the Aurunci Mountains, Italy.
Fire Ecology
, 22
, 14.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-026-00518-z
Novellino, D..
(2024).
‘The Death of a Bear’: Conflicting Ontologies and Overlapping Discourses on Grazing Systems and Large Carnivores Coexistence in Central Italy.
ResearchGate
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387012311_The_Death_of_a_Bear_Conflicting_Ontologies_and_Overlapping_Discourses_on_Grazing_Systems_and_Large_Carnivores_Coexistence_in_Central_Italy
