[1] It was founded in January 2003 as Wildbiologisches Büro LUPUS by the biologists Gesa Kluth and Ilka Reinhardt and is managed by them until today (2019).
The Wildlife Biology Bureau LUPUS has, among others, on behalf of the Bundesamt für Naturschutz(BfN), developed the "Specialist concept for a wolf management in Germany".
[3][4][5] The scientific work includes, among other things, the stocktaking, the trace monitoring, telemetry,[6] and food analyses[7] as well as genetic studies.
Since 2006 the migration behaviour of young wolves has been investigated in a pilot study financed by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation using GPS/GSM telemetry.
The return of the wolf is met with rejection by many farmers with grazing livestock and some hunters, which is also directed against the Institute's staff.