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Encore: Tracking Wolves in Italy


In the visitor center of the Abruzzo National Park of Civitella Alfedena you can see wolves rescued inside the park and not available for release, Italy.
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In the visitor center of the Abruzzo National Park of Civitella Alfedena you can see wolves rescued inside the park and not available for release, Italy.

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In the visitor center of the Abruzzo National Park of Civitella Alfedena you can see wolves rescued inside the park and not available for release, Italy.

In the visitor center of the Abruzzo National Park of Civitella Alfedena you can see wolves rescued inside the park and not available for release, Italy.

Paolo Picciotto/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

In this encore episode, we hear about the return of wolves to Europe.  After being hunted to near extinction, they have made a population comeback in recent decades with the help of conservation efforts. Now, the country with the most wolves in Europe is Italy. Our correspondent in Rome sets out for the Italian forest with an organization that takes small groups to try to see wolves in the wild.






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