Wolves in the north of England? Surely not. (Thanks to Richard Muirhead for this story.)

Friday 31st October 2025

Wolves in the north of England? Surely not.
Three “wolf-type animals” that were roaming the streets of Lancashire have been tracked down and caught by police.

Lancashire officers said they were called at about 16:15 GMT on Thursday to reports of the animals walking around the Station Lane area of Preston.

Officers, including specially trained dog handlers, captured the three canines and took them to a “safe location”.

Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and an eleven year old granddaughter called Evelyn.