Claim: contiguous Animal Welfare pages through aw706-649-56560.html → welfare count 81,860. First hard hole at 56561 (HTTP 404 × multi-try).
Method (held): unit-level last-200 + first-404; multi-try double/triple-confirm; true soft-404 = body/title 404 template OR HTTP 404 — size alone is NOT hole (real pages ~3400–4100). Islands beyond first hole ≠ contiguous.
Walk: prior tip 7118 locked 81,780@56480 hole 56481. Re-probe this afternoon found 56481–56560 all solid (Animal Welfare title, 200). Fine unit walk 56555–56584: last solid 56560 (3/3, title “Wild Hare Welfare and Conservation | Animal Welfare…”); first hole 56561 (0/3 HTTP 404); 56562+ also 404. No islands claimed.
Upgrade path: 81,420@56120 → 81,620@56320 → 81,780@56480 → 81,860@56560.
Live base: animal-welfare-site-64148b.gitlab.io · slug aw706-649-N.html.