Large carnivores come into conflict with livestock raising and this is one of the main causes of conflict related to large carnivores. Data on depredation of livestock is not easily comparable across the EU. There is no one system for collecting incidents used in all countries and the reliability of reporting depends on the compensation system in place. Ideally in order to be able to say something about the causes of depredation, data should be available on a regional level and comparable across years.

The EU Large Carnivore Platform has just launched a report based on individual case-based data collected in a comparable way across the EU. Such an approach allows a fine level comparison of where incidents occur and how they vary with time. The report: Livestock depredation and large carnivores in Europe: Overview for the EU Platform and supporting case studies are available on the platform website.