Wolves were more or less wiped out across most of western Europe in the 19th century. Local legend has it that the last wolf in Belgium, for example, was shot by King Leopold II in the 1890s.
The European gray wolf in the animal park of the Monts de Gueret in France, Nov. 3, 2015. (Chris Oxford/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) STRASBOURG, France (AFP) — Dozens of countries on Tuesday ...