While a heated argument is raging in Upper Bavaria about the shooting down of the so-called Traunsteiner Wolf, a young she-wolf has immigrated to the Bavarian Forest National Park in Lower Bavaria. She comes from the Šumava National Park just across the border to the Czech Republic and has been roaming through the national park on the German side for a few weeks. The she-wolf is obviously looking for her own territory. She wears a GPS collar, the data from which the current positions are recorded. In addition, the animal fell into a photo trap in the Lusen area.
Marco Heurich, head of wildlife monitoring in the national park, said: “The young she-wolf has separated from her pack and is now looking for a home range.” The national park promotes the herd protection measures promoted by the Free State among livestock farmers in the region. Applications can be submitted to the respective offices for food, agriculture and forests. “It is our goal to make the return of the wolf in the region as conflict-free as possible,” said National Park Director Franz Leibl.
Two packs of wolves already live in the two national parks Bavarian Forest and Šumava. The Srni pack is at home in the eastern part of the national parks. It emerged from the pair of wolves that fathered offspring in Bavaria in 2017 for the first time in 150 years. The Ruda pack lives in the northern area of the national park and also uses the area around the Falkenstein. The young wolf that has now been photographed on the Lusen descends from him.