Rougarou - Wikipedia
The Rougarou (alternatively spelled as roux-ga-roux, rugaroo, or rugaru) is a legendary creature in French diaspora communities linked to traditional concepts of the werewolf.
Beast of Gévaudan - Wikipedia
The Beast of Gévaudan (French: La Bête du Gévaudan, IPA: [la bɛt dy ʒevodɑ̃]; Occitan: La Bèstia de Gavaudan) is the historic name associated with a man-eating animal or animals that terrorized the former province of Gévaudan (consisting of the modern-day department of Lozère and part of Haute-Loire), in the Margeride Mountains of south-central ...
About the Wolf in France - Wildlife in France
At the end of the 18th century, there were between 10 and 20,000 wolves in France based on estimates that showed an average of 6000 wolves killed annually. They would have been present everywhere from the coastal regions to the mountains.
What Was the Beast of Gévaudan? - HISTORY
2020年5月28日 · Between 1764 and 1767 a mysterious creature called the Beast ravaged the rural region of Gévaudan, France. About 100 men, women and children reportedly fell victim to La Bête du Gévaudan. While...
Wolf - the reappearance of wolves in the wildlife of France
Wolves were actively hunted and killed in France during a large part of the 19th century, and became extinct in the country by the 1930's. Having once disappeared from France, wolves have now re-entered across the mountains from Italy, and are becoming established in the maritime Alps, in the Mercantour Parc.
France | International Wolf Center
2012年12月3日 · Press coverage on the return of the wolf to France. France’s wolves are back. Now, can it protect its farmers? France to let wolf population grow by 40 percent despite anger from farmers; Why wolves are back in France; Wolf plan France: A critical analysis; Harmless or vicious hunter? The uneasy return of Europe’s wolves; Are we crying wolf?
French wolf population falls 9% in 2023 - Le Monde.fr
2024年5月24日 · The estimated number of wolves in France last year was 1,003, down 9% from the year before, environmental associations said Thursday, May 24, urging the French government to lower its quota for...
When the Beast of Gévaudan Terrorized France | Smithsonian
2017年6月26日 · Throughout 1764, the brutal attacks—victims with their throats torn out or heads gnawed off—riveted France. The violence was so shocking, news of it traveled from the countryside all the way to the...
The Common Grey Wolf in France - Tendua
While counting chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in the Mercantour National Park (Alpes de Haute-Provence) in November 1992, the return of two common grey wolves (Canis lupus italicus) was officially recorded in France, confirmed by the presence of …
The Wolf in the French Alps - Life Wolfalps EU
The wolf is a strictly protected species in France following translation into national law of the dispositions of the 1979 Bern Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats, and the 1992 EU Directive on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (known as the Habitats Directive).