Prof. Boitani is Head of the Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Italy. He has been in charge of research and conservation projects of the Italian wolf population: his responsibilities included managing the research into the ecology and behaviour of wolf. His work has led him to become a recognised world leading authority on wolves, and has written many papers and books on wolf biology, wolf management and human attitudes towards wolves. He is co-author with L David Mech of the reference work: Wolves – Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation