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Are there really people walking around feeding wolves treats?

A week ago, a pony was found dead near a property outside Egtved in Jutland. A wolf was most likely involved. It was the second time in a matter of weeks that the owners had lost a pony that way. Foto: Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix
A week ago, a pony was found dead near a property outside Egtved in Jutland. A wolf was most likely involved. It was the second time in a matter of weeks that the owners had lost a pony that way. Foto: Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix
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Is anyone really going around feeding wolves treats? If so, who’s behind it? And why do it when authorities have, for years, advised against feeding wolves?

Those questions are flashing after Aarhus University released a new memo reviewing 13 encounters between wolves and people around Oksbøl since last December and offering a cautious guess as to why wolves have suddenly become so interested in following people.

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