Wolves in Europe: From conservation icon to political flashpoint

From Belga News Agency:

For decades, the EU has used the grey wolf as an example of how nature can recover if it is given protection and space. Today, however, this success story is unravelling.

From Brussels to the forests of Belgium, Sweden, Italy and Poland, the wolf has been transformed from a conservation icon into a lightning rod in Europe’s culture wars, pitting city dwellers against rural communities, farmers against environmentalists, and fact against fear.

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