Young wolf escaped poachers by hiding in tax office

This young wolf escaped poachers by hiding in a tax office in Huangnan, in northwest China’s Qinghai province.

Staff that turned up for work the next day discovered the wolf had broken into the office and had tried to hide itself in a reception room where it was found the next day.

Police that were called to catch the wolf believe the animal had been trapped in a snare possibly originally intended for smaller game, but had managed to free itself. Badly injured on the paw - it had then limped into town where it fled into the office building and was discovered the next day.

Police managed to rope the wolf and tie up it's mouth before packing it in a bag and taking it away for treatment and later release back into the wild. Taxman Yang Jian said: "It had lost a lot of blood through the wound on it's paw. But even though it still put up quiet a struggle."