Wolf attack (video from 2007)
Action plan to protect flocks of sheep.
Julie worked as a radio reporter for BBC and independent radio all over the UK before joining swissinfo.ch's predecessor, Swiss Radio International, as a producer. After attending film school, Julie worked as an independent filmmaker before coming to swissinfo.ch in 2001.
Wolves crossing into Switzerland from the south are thought to be responsible for two attacks on sheep flocks in canton Bern over the past few months, in which 14 animals have died. The wolf is an endangered species and is heavily protected, so the Bernese authorities and sheep farmers have agreed on a strategy that should protect both the predator and its prey. (swissinfo archive, 12.04.07, Julie Hunt)
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