| Country | Legal status & management details | Numbers |
| Portugal | fully protected | 200-300 |
| Spain | game species, protected in South Spain | 2000 |
| France | fully protected, permission to kill 3 wolves in 2004/05 | 7 packs |
| Italy | fully protected | 400-500 |
| Switzerland | fully protected, two wolves killed in autumn 2006 in Valais region | 3-4 |
| Germany | fully protected | 5-7 |
| Norway | fully protected, permission to kill several individuals annually | ~30 |
| Sweden | fully protected, culling of individuals that cause serious damage is permitted | 100 |
| Finland | partly protected | 100 |
| Poland | fully protected, culling of individuals that cause serious damage is permitted through ministerial decisions | 650 |
| Estonia | game species - hunted in three winter months, hunting limits 17-40 wolves | ~90 |
| Lithuania | game species, 1 December - 1 April, hunting limit less then 20 individuals | 150 |
| Latvia | game species, 15 July - 31 March hunting season, about 150 individuals are killed annually | 670 |
| Belarus | persecuted, about 1100-1200 individuals are killed annually, bounties are paid | 2000 |
| Ukraine | persecuted, in some areas bounties are still paid, up to 60-70% are killed annually | 2000 |
| Russia (European part) | persecuted, bounties are paid (e.g. in Kaliningrad 50-150 rubles), 4 800 individuals are killed annually | 11 600-16 500 |
| Czech Republic | fully protected | 5-17 |
| Slovakia | game species, 1st November to 15th January hunting season, no hunting quota is fixed, 100-150 wolves are killed annually | 350-400 |
| Slovenia | fully protected | 30-50 |
| Croatia | fully protected | 130-170 |
| Bosnia-Herzegowina | game species, hunted throughout the year, 80 -100 killed annualy | 300-400 |
| Hungary | fully protected | <50 |
| Romania | fully protected, but regularly hunted with permits | 2500 |
| Bulgaria | game species, hunted throughout the year, 50 euro and 2 cubic meters timber for each killed wolf | 800-1000 |
| Greece | protected south of 39 parallel | 500-700 |
| Macedonia | game species, hunted throughout the year | >1000 |
| Albania | game species, hunted throughout the year | 250 |
| Turkey | game species | 5000-7000 |