On January 1, 2025, an amateur photographer captured photos of a wolf walking along the Laïta, between Finistère and Morbihan. The animal has already been identified several times by the Loup Bretagne Group. It is therefore already known in Finistère.
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It’s an exceptional meeting for Philippe Gazeau, amateur photographer, and his partner. While they were walking the day after New Year’s Eve, the couple saw a wolf along the Laïta, between Finistère and Morbihan, on January 1, 2025. A marshy area rich in vegetation.
The photographer took advantage of this exceptional moment to take a few photos. But the wolf quickly turned around and walked away when he saw the walkers. The couple took care to examine the place, with the traces left by the beast, and to photograph them.
Immediately after his discovery, the photographer contacted the Loup Bretagne Group which set up a tool to recognize and identify wolves from photos or videos.
The group affirms that this wolf observed crossing the Laïta is a male and that it is already known. “This rare and very well documented observation illustrates the movement capabilities of the species with an animal that does not hesitate to cross a watercourse several tens of meters wide. underlines the collective.
The return of the wolf to the Breton departments is now assured. However, it is complicated to count them. And that worries breeders, because attacks are increasing, particularly in Finistère. In two years, reports of damage to herds have increased tenfold. The Prefecture of Finistère indicates that it has potentially counted nearly 60 in 2023 and around 80 as of November 13, 2024.
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“We did a study by profiling photos and videos of animals, explained the administrator of the Bretagne vivant association, Jean-Noël Ballot, in November 2024. We noticed that over two years, there were at least three or four wolves who passed through Brittany, that doesn’t mean they stayed.”
But to date, only one wolf has been identified in Finistère thanks to hairs collected in the town of Sizun. It was a male, of German or Polish lineage.
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