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Encore: Tracking Wolves in Italy

caption: In the visitor center in the town of Civitella Alfedena inside Italy's National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise, you can see wolves rescued inside the park.
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In the visitor center in the town of Civitella Alfedena inside Italy's National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise, you can see wolves rescued inside the park.
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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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