Ilka Reinhardt

Senior Researcher / Chair at LUPUS, German Institute of Wolf Monitoring and Research

Ilka is a biologist that founded, together with her colleague Gesa Kluth, the LUPUS institute for wolf monitoring and research in Germany. The two women accompanied the return of wolves from the beginning with scientific studies and established the wolf monitoring in Germany. The LUPUS Institute is part of the scientific consortium of the Federal Documentation and Advisory Center on the Wolf. It advises federal and state nature conservation authorities on all wolf-related topics upon request. Since 2025, Ilka has been a member of the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe, an IUCN / SSC specialist group.

Plenary Speaker: “European Gray Wolf Status Update”