One of the four gray wolves who escaped at the end of January from an animal park in the Pyrénées-Orientales was found dead on a private estate in Salses, and another remains untraceable, the prefecture said on Tuesday.
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The agents of the French Biodiversity Office (OFB) and the owner of the park have clearly identified
" that it was one of the six wolves who arrived from Estonia at the end of January in Ecozonia, the prefecture told Ecozonia. AFP.
On January 25, the day after the arrival of six wolves from the Riga Zoological Park, “
excessive behavior in several of them was observed, leading to a degradation of the wire enclosure allowing the escape of four individuals despite the intervention of the healer who was bitten on the forearm and evacuated,
”explains Ecozonia on his Facebook page.
Three days later, two wolves were shot "
because they presented a serious danger
", continues the statement of the new animal park of 26 hectares centered on predatory animals, which was to open in February.
Last week, one of the two wolves who managed to get out of the park site had "
no doubt been injured
" by the shooting of an OFB agent, "
but it is still too early to determine if he 'this is the one who was found dead
,' says the prefecture.