Août 2007 / The New York Times

Did Chernobyl Leave an Eden for Wildlife ?

Did Chernobyl Leave an Eden for Wildlife ?

The New York Times

August 28, 2007

Did Chernobyl Leave an Eden for Wildlife ?

By HENRY FOUNTAIN

In recent years, there have been reports that the area around the

Chernobyl nuclear plant had become something of a wildlife playground.

The reports suggested that animals like wild boar, wolves and moose had

flourished in the 40-mile-diameter “exclusion zone,” which was

contaminated by low-level radiation from the disaster in Ukraine (...)