A wolf observed near Lannion: measures to protect the herds
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They had the surprise of their life. Saturday 7 January, in Ploubezre, Paul Allain and his mother came across a wolf. The teenager immediately took out his phone to film the animal, which quickly fled. ” I was sure it was a wolf, it is not wrong. We are a hunter in the family and we are confronted with nature. We know what dogs’ claws look like, and the footprint I was able to photograph has nothing to do with a dog’s,” the boy testified in Tregor of 19 January. As confirmed byFrench Biodiversity Office. A novelty for decades in the Côtes-d’Armor.
Following this report, the prefecture of Côtes-d’Armor issued an order against the protection of herds from wolf predation in all the municipalities of the department. Especially since this animal has been observed several times recently in nearby Finistère.
On January 19, 2023, the French Biodiversity Office (OFB) was informed of the discovery of a dead sheep on the territory of the commune of PLEVIN and carried out a report of domestic animal depredation on site with the owner. .
Furthermore, the findings received on January 20, 2023 from the specialized OFB network do not exclude the responsibility of the wolf in the death of a sheep discovered on Thursday in the municipality of Plévin.
watch dogs
In concrete terms, this measure will make it possible to benefit certain farmsaid for the purchase of protection dogs, both to train them and to acquire and maintain them (companies including herds of sheep and goats at least twenty-five owned, or at least fifty partially owned, partially lived-in breeding stock).
At this stage, the confirmed observation of a wolf in Côtes-d’Armor on January 7th does not allow us to confirm that the animal has settled in the department.
However, this type of observation of an animal alone and far from the areas where the species is present is characteristic of individuals in the dispersion phase, which can stay several months in an area before abandoning it. “The capitalization of information over time is necessary to evaluate the evolution of the situation”.
A network of observers
Specially trained in recognition of signs of the presence of the wolf and expert assessments of reports of attacks, agents of the French Biodiversity Office are particularly mobilized.
The national wolf-lynx network is deployed in each region, including Brittany, and will be strengthened in the region in the coming months, training several agents at the end of March.
Any observation of a large dog must be promptly reported to the relevant departmental service of the OFB 22 on 02 96 33 01 71 or [email protected]in order to be able to verify the circumstances and identify the species as far as possible.
A protected species
Note: the wolf has been a protected species since 1979 (Berne Convention), classified among the priority species in Europe by the “habitats, fauna and flora” directive. On the French metropolitan territory, it is protected by the ministerial decree of July 22, 1993, amended on April 23, 2007. Any destruction is liable to 36 months in prison and a 150,000 euro fine.
A wolf seen in November in Plestin?
If the encounter with a wolf on January 7 caused a stir, a reader of Trégor living in Plestin says he had the same experience in November… but preferred to remain discreet for fear of not being taken seriously.
“I was taking a walk on the road between Plestin-les-Grèves and Trémel, in November 2022. I saw a wolf, silver gray, 80 meters away, in a meadow. I knew right away it was a wolf, there was no photo. Someone told me they also saw one around the same time. But the time to look for my camera, and there was nothing left… We had been talking about the wolf since it appeared on the Monts d’Arrée. I said to myself, “Hey, here it is.”
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