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Rubber bullets wanted to deter Italian wolves near schools

Post by Koa » Mon Jan 01, 2018 4:30 pm

Calls for rubber bullets to be used to ward off wolves seen close to schools in Italian Alps
By Nick Squires, Dec. 18, 2017
THE TELEGRAPH

Wolves are prowling so close to schools and villages in the mountains of northern Italy that wildlife rangers want permission to ward them off with rubber bullets.

Authorities in Trentino, a province in the Dolomites, have requested permission from the government in Rome for rangers to be able to use rubber bullets if the wolves get too close to inhabited areas.
Read the full article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12 ... s-italian/

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