Evaluation of the Abruzzese shepherd dog on herds defence against predators in Tuscany.

Due to the gradual increase in number of wolves in Tuscany, occurred in the last years, damages to livestock sector have remarkably increased. In order to lessen the problems caused by this predator species and to make them sustainable both from an ecologic and an economic point of view, the Inter-provincial Breeders Association of Firenze-Prato (A.P.A) and the Centre for Wolf Research and Documentation (C.S.D.L) carried out an interesting project in the Florence province financed by the Provincial Administration of Florence.