In France the number of animals captured in unprotected flocks decreased between 2010 and 2015 as more and more flocks were protected, but the number of animals killed in protected flocks increased. During this period the behaviour of the wolves changed in such a way that with increasing habituation the proportion of wolf attacks during the day increased. In 2018 there were about 12500 wolf attacks in the French Alpine arc with a population of about 500 wolves and several thousand livestock guardian dogs. Despite new measures to protect herds, there were 3838 sightings of wolves in 2019 in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and compensation was paid for 12491 detected wolf attacks.