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Woman attacked by wolf at wildlife park

A 21-year-old woman was bitten by a wolf on Friday during a private guided tour at Kolmården wildlife park.

Published: 1 August 2010 10:39 CEST
Woman attacked by wolf at wildlife park

The one-year-old wolf sank its teeth into the woman’s cardigan before dragging her to the ground and biting her in the arm.

“I was terrified,” the woman told newspaper Aftonbladet.

The woman was treated by the park’s veterinarian after fleeing the wolf enclosure with the rest of the group. She was later taken to hospital.

According to the Norrköping park, the young wolf’s behaviour was a means of seeking contact and was not intended as an expression of aggression.

Visitors to the park are not normally allowed to enter the wolf enclosure.

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Spain moves to ban wolf hunting and give species protected status

Spain has taken steps to award the Iberian wolf protected status which will mean a complete ban on hunting the species.

Published: 5 February 2021 15:27 CET
Spain moves to ban wolf hunting and give species protected status
Photo: Mark Chinnick/Flickr

The Committee of Spain’s Natural Patrimony – which includes representatives from each of Spain’s regional governments – voted to include the wolf (Canis Lupus) on the national list of protected species along with the Iberian Lynx and the Cantabrian Brown Bear.

It now has to be signed off by Environmental minister Teresa Ribera.

Farmers however were quick to condemn the move, arguing that a nationwide hunting ban would lead to more attacks on their livestock.

Hunting of the Iberian wolf is currently only allowed north of the Duero but those populations south of the river were already listed as a protected species.

Spain is home to an estimated 1,500-2,000 Iberian wolves, with 90 percent of the population found in the northern regions of Castilla y León, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia.

But wolf populations have been detected even within the Madrid region in the sierra less than an hour’s drive from the capital.

Farmers Union UPA accused the government of igoing against the interests of farmers and insist that the number of attacks on livestock have grown alongside wolf conservation programmes.

“It is we livestock farmers who are in danger of extinction,” it said in a statement.  

Conservation group Ecologists in Action however, welcomed the new protection but urged authorities to work with farmers on ways to protect cattle without harming wolves.

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