Iberian wolf
Vive Cabeceiras · Ocorrência referida no documento ambiental

A documented presence in the landscape of the municipality.

The environmental assessment of the PDM marks a pack in the territory, based on information from the ICNF. It is a reference to the ecological importance of Cabeceiras, not a promise of sighting. Knowing this presence does not require looking for animals or disseminating shelter sites. The national platform relates the scarcity of wild prey to livestock consumption and conflict with pastoral communities. It points to the protection of herds and the recovery of natural prey as complementary parts of conservation. A pack is also a changing family. The platform describes a breeding couple, descendants of different years and sometimes other related adults. The group defends a territory, but its composition changes with births, growth and dispersion. In the general cycle presented for Portugal, the cubs are born in late April or in May. During the summer, meeting places become centers of family activity; in the autumn, young people begin to accompany adults on trips and hunting. It is not an observation calendar for a concrete pack. Growing up, some youths leave the group of origin to search for territory, partner or other pack. Others stay longer when there is enough food. Therefore, a count at a time does not describe an immutable family: social life follows the annual cycle and landscape opportunities.

Sources and context
PDM — Environmental Assessment, p. 50
https://cabeceirasdebasto.pt/pdm/Acompanham_plano/0304_Avaliacao_Ambiental_Estrategica_RA.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-06
Lobo-Iberico platform in Portugal — wolf prey; registration of Cabreira without date indicated
https://www.loboiberico.pt/lobo-iberico/presas/
Accessed: 2026-11-07
Lobo-Iberico Platform in Portugal — Life in pack
https://www.loboiberico.pt/o-lobo/a-vida-em-alcateia/
Accessed: 2026-11-07

Editorial summary. The date of consultation is not the date of the facts.
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