The wolf's protected species status needs to be changed to help protect livestock.
The Euro MPs ask for it in a resolution adopted on Thursday with 306 votes in favour, 225 against and 25 abstentions.
Due to the increase in attacks on livestock in recent years, MEPs call for the protection status of large carnivore species to be adjusted as soon as the desired conservation status is reached.
For the wolf, indicates the approved resolution, the conservation status at EU level already justifies this change, says the resolution.
The Strasbourg plenary asks the Commission "