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When the days get longer, Peter Lüthi goes to the mountains. The communication and environmental specialist has already spent twenty summers in the Alps. He knows his stuff when it comes to herds of cattle, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and sheepdogs. At the Landquart Agricultural Training and Advice Centre the former teacher ran courses in herding. But he also knows his wolves, bears and lynxes. For example, on behalf of WWF and working with active owners of small animals he tested the first flock protection project in Graubünden consisting of a range of measures to protect the animals from large predators. Together, they introduced the first dogs in Graubünden to protect the animals. Later, Peter Lüthi acted as a shepherd with 4 guard dogs practising for real in the area frequented by Switzerland’s first pack of wolves on the Calanda – with success. None of the 10 wolves made off with any of his sheep.
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