Wolf bites woman in German city shopping area
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“Wolf bites woman in German city shopping area”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia entries to support the claim about a wolf biting a woman in a German shopping area.
“Police officers later hauled the wolf out of the Binnenalster lake in downtown Hamburg”
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Wikipedia entries for Hamburg, G20 summit, and Jungfernstieg provide general city information but do not mention a wolf being removed from Binnenalster lake.
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— The 2017 G20 Hamburg summit was the twelfth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20), held at Hamburg Messe in the city of Hamburg. it was the first time Germany hosted the summit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_G20_Hamburg_summit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_G20_Hamburg_summit
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— Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and seventh-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
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— The Jungfernstieg (German pronunciation: [ˈjʊŋfɐnʃtiːk]) is an urban promenade in Hamburg, Germany. It is the city's foremost boulevard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfernstieg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfernstieg
“The fire service said the woman was taken to a Hamburg hospital after the unusual encounter on Monday evening”
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Wikipedia entries about Hamburg, Cesar Chavez, and Joan Hamburg contain no information about fire services transporting a woman to a hospital following a wolf encounter.
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— Joan Hamburg (born August 12, 1935) is a radio personality in New York City. In the early 1970s Hamburg started her radio career with small consumer (bargain shopping) segments on the long-running Ram…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Hamburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Hamburg
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— Cesario Estrada "Cesar" Chavez (; Latin American Spanish: [ˈtʃaβes]; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor unionist and political activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez
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— Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and seventh-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
“There was no immediate information on her condition on Tuesday, and police did not detail where she was bitten”
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“It also was not clear what led to the attack”
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“The attack took place in a shopping area near the Altona station, west of the city centre”
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“Late on Monday evening, police said, officers hauled the wolf out of the Binnenalster lake in downtown Hamburg following calls alerting them to a sighting of the animal there and in other locations”
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Wikipedia entry about Hamburg's population does not mention police removing a wolf from Binnenalster lake on Monday evening.
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— Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and seventh-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg
“Local media reported that it was taken to an enclosure in the outskirts of the city”
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“Officials believe it was likely that the wolf involved was the same one that was sighted in Blankenese, an outer suburb of the city, over the weekend”
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“Experts believe that animal is a young wolf searching for a territory of its own that accidentally wandered into the city”
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“Hamburg’s regional government noted that wolves generally avoid contact with people and dogs, and the unusual urban environment would be very stressful”
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“Germany’s Federal Agency for Nature Conservation said it was the first time a person was known to have been attacked by a wild wolf since the animals reappeared in the country after 150 years’ absence nearly 30 years ago”
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“Wolf attacks on livestock in Europe have been a growing concern to farmers for years”
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“Last year, the European Parliament voted to change wolves’ status from 'strictly protected' to 'protected'”
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“Last week, the German parliament gave final approval to legislation making it easier to shoot wolves that kill or wound livestock”
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