A striking video of a deer diving into a lake near Athens to evade wolves has reignited Greece’s debate over predator management in Mount Parnitha, Attica's highest mountain

Wolf-dog hybrids aren’t new to science. A 2018 study found traces of domestic dog DNA in 62% of wolves across Eurasia, showing that interbreeding has been a recurring theme for millennia.

Reports have a five-year-old girl from Serbia being attacked by a wolf last Friday on a beach in the popular Sithonia peninsula. She suffered bites and scratches on her back.

The Athens first instance prosecutor’s office has issued a decision to remove a number of wolves from the mountain range, which overlooks the greater Athens-Piraeaus area from the northwest

The presence of wolves on Taygetus has been confirmed by the Environmental Organization for Wildlife and Nature 'Callisto', following the killing of 40 goats and a shepherd dog in mid October.