To visually warn wolves away from other pastures, Brown sometimes turns to the old European technique called fladry, stringing wire with bright flags along its length.
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Fladry
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Polish
1 entries- fladry noun (a string of flags)
Russian
1 entries- флажки́ noun (a string of flags)
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Fladries, brightly coloured flags sewn on ropes (Fladry: Table 4.3), have been used for hunting wolves (Canis lupus) in Europe for centuries. Most wolves fear fladries and rarely cross such barriers.
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