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Wolf sighted in northern France might be first in 100 years

Post by Koa » Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:57 am

WOLF REPORTEDLY SPOTTED IN NORTHERN FRANCE FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER 100 YEARS
By Rosie Mccall, April 20
Newsweek


A large canine has been captured by an automatic camera in Normandy, northern France. Authorities believe the animal is a European gray wolf. If their suspicions are correct, it would be the first wolf seen in this region of France for more than a century.

According to a local news report, the image of the lone canine was taken overnight on April 7-8 in Londinières—a village northeast of Normandy—on an infrared camera.
Read the full article here:
https://www.newsweek.com/wolf-northern- ... rs-1498914

France has had a lot of “first” sightings this year and last year. See these Jan. 2020 and Nov. 2019 articles from RFI: http://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20200122-wo ... -expansion, http://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20191122-fi ... nce-return

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