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(C. Jardin) #1

This curious youngster is a member of
a pack living in a valley in the Abruzzi
Apennines; as the juveniles gained
confidence in the summer they started
to venture out from the forest close to
a public trail. Wolves disperse when they
are about two years old, and can travel
over 1,000km when they leave the natal
pack. France’s wolf recolonisation began
when a few wolves moved into the Alps
from the northern Apennines.

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