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Ammon News - A woman visiting a French safari park and zoo was injured after wolves attacked her while she was out for a run.

On Sunday, June 23, a 37-year-old Paris woman visiting the Thoiry ZooSafari in Thoiry, France — about 40 minutes outside Paris — left her lodge in the park where she, her mother and her 22-month-old child had spent the night at about 9:30 a.m. local time, local French outlets TF1 and Le Parisien reported.

According to the outlets, the woman accidentally entered an area of the park meant to be accessed by car. The park runs car safaris in the over 17-acre (7 hectares) area, according to the zoo's website, where Arctic wolves as well as bears, zebras, giraffes, rhinoceroses and other animals are allowed to roam free. Visitors are meant to view them from their cars or zoo-owned trucks.

TF1 reported that wolves "pounced" on the woman when she was about 900 feet outside of her lodge, and she was "seriously injured" after sustaining bites on her neck, calf and back. Zoo staff heard her cry out, the outlet added, and intervened. She was taken to a nearby hospital and a prosecutor told the TF1 that her condition had "stabilized" later in the day.

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