WOLF

A  9 hour search launched on TUESDAY 26/11/2013 after WOLVES escaped the grounds of COLCHESTER ZOO,ESSEX.THE CANADIAN TIMBER WOLVES escaped through a damaged fence at 7.30 a.m,the search ended at 4.oopm after 3WOLVES KILLED,2 were capatuerd in the grounds.WOLVES were wiped out in BRITAIN in 1740 and hunted to the verge of EXTINCTION  in the 1800,s. SMALL  groups of  GREY WOLVES in -SWEDEN,ITALY,SPAIN  have started to repopulate due to CONSERVATION efforts.FRANCE,GERMANY,PORTUGAL,BELGUIM,NETHERLANDS-EUROPEON WLOF POPULATION ESTIMATED AT 16-18,000.