Extinction Advent calendar – Day 3
It’s Day 3 of my Extinction Advent calendar. Today’s extirpated creature of the British Isles is the Grey Wolf. We killed every last one.
When anyone suggests we couldn’t possibly reintroduce them, I remind them we have 13 million dogs in the UK.
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