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The first wildlife centre in the Italian Alps dedicated to wolves has opened.

Date :
31/08/2010
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Fauna   Italy

We share so many traits yet are so different: is it possible for humans and wolves to live together? The Alpi Marittime Regional Park's Wildlife Centre begins by offering visitors young and old, from novices to wildlife experts, a chance to learn more about these animals and how they behave. This gives visitors all the information that they need to draw their own conclusions.

But education is not the sole purpose of the Men and Wolves (Uomini e Lupi) project. It also seeks to offer a genuine alternative to traditional mountain tourism which tends to have a considerable impact on the environment, as in the case of skiing. Wolves are a potential threat to grazing animals but could prove a real opportunity for the local economy.

(Source: Alpi Marittime Regional Park)
For more information about the Wildlife Centre, visit the Alpi Marittime Regional Park website.

 

Another centre dedicated to this iconic animal has recently opened in France: the Alpha wolf park in Saint Martin Vésubie in the Mercantour region. For more information go to this site.

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