38Accordingly, as regards protected animal species which, like the wolf, range over wide areas, the concept of ‘natural range’ is broader than the geographical area that presents the physical or biological factors essential to their life and reproduction. As the Advocate General observed in point 37 of her Opinion, that range corresponds to the geographical area in which the animal species concerned is present or distributed in the course of its natural behaviour.
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