Predator
Bremen: DNA test confirms wolf sighting
A wolf was spotted in Bremen in October. (Symbolic image) photo
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A breach on a fence made the DNA sample possible. The animal that was spotted in several Bremen gardens was a wolf – according to the test result. Previously he was traveling in the national park on Rügen.
After several wolf sightings in the city of Bremen, it is clear that there is actually one at the end of October Wolf ran through Bremen-Hastedt. The results from the Center for Wildlife Genetics for the DNA samples submitted for an animal observed on October 22nd are available, the state hunters’ association announced on its homepage. “The animal is a pure male wolf (born in 2022 in northern Saxony).”
The wolf was last discovered after a tear at the end of August in the Jasmund National Park on the island of Rügen. Radio Bremen initially reported on the confirmation.
Jumped over a 1.60 meter high fence
As a spokesman for the Bremen State Hunting Association announced, the wolf was spotted in two small Bremen gardens in October. In a garden, the predator tried to bite through a fence and injured itself on plastic cladding. At the initiative of the state hunters, a DNA sample was secured, the spokesman reported. According to witnesses, the wolf, which was injured in its mouth and bleeding, ultimately jumped out of the garden over a 1.60 meter high fence and ran away.
The Bremen environmental department confirmed the wolf sightings at the end of October and assumed that a single young wolf had gotten lost in the city area. “At this time of year, young wolves break away from their packs and migrate long distances in search of territory or members of their own species,” said a spokesman for the department.
Highest possible protection status
In Germany, the federal states are responsible for wolf management, but the wolf is strictly protected by international and national laws and has the highest possible protection status. It happens again and again that wolves overcome fences and kill livestock. Numerous politicians are calling for the growing wolf population to be limited. Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke wants to make it easier to shoot wolves after cracks.