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Where and when did the warring parties conclude a truce in order to exterminate the wolves attacking both armies?

In the winter of 1916-1917, on the eastern front of the First World War in the region of Lithuania and Belarus, starving wolves greatly increased in numbers near cities and army camps and began to attack small groups of soldiers. Seeing this, the command of the Russian and German armies agreed on a temporary truce and sent forces to exterminate the wolves.

After several hundred animals were killed, and the threat from them passed, hostilities resumed.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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