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Animal released back into the wildWolf released after attack in Hamburg
The wolf captured in Hamburg is free again a week after attacking a woman.
(Hamburg Environmental Authority)
He's back in freedom!
The wolf, who was captured in the middle of Hamburg, was in a wildlife sanctuary for almost a week. He injured a woman in Altona. Now the male cub is free again.
Wolf equipped with transmitter
The wolf that was captured in the middle of Hamburg after an attack on a woman a week ago is free again. The Hamburg environmental authority said the male cub was equipped with a transmitter and released back into the wild on Easter Sunday. The authority did not say exactly where the wolf was released. The animal had been in a wildlife sanctuary near Sachsenhagen in the Schaumburg district of Lower Saxony since Tuesday.
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“By releasing this wolf into the wild, we have now found a legally secure solution that takes into account the safety of citizens and animal welfare.”explained Environment Senator Katharina Fegebank (Greens). The transmitter ensures that the animal's location is known at all times and that hunters can intervene immediately in case of doubt, for example if it approaches a settlement again. “It’s a parole release,” said the senator.
The wolf was first spotted in the west of the city on the last weekend in March. The following Monday evening (March 30th) he ran into a small shopping arcade on Große Bergstrasse in the Altona district and injured an approximately 60-year-old woman there. The wolf then ran for several kilometers through downtown Hamburg and finally jumped into the Inner Alster, where the police were able to catch him.
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Did the wolf really bite the woman?
The environmental agency assumes that the wolf bit the woman when she allegedly approached the panicked animal to let it outside through the automatic glass doors of the shopping arcade. Environment Senator Fegebank referred to the police report on Tuesday. However, what exactly is in the report is unknown because the police are not releasing it.
Conservationists doubt that the wolf attacked and bit the woman. For example, they refer to a witness who claims to have seen that the wolf jumped at the woman but did not bite her. The textile dealer with her own shop in the passage told the Hamburger Abendblatt: “It looked more as if the wolf had hit her in the face with his paw when it pounced.”
Vigil at Jungfernstieg
According to the organizers, around 150 animal lovers campaigned for the animal's release at a vigil on Hamburg's Jungfernstieg on Easter Sunday. Observers estimated the number to be closer to 100. Some of them brought their dogs with them, others carried signs saying “Let him back to his freedom,” “I am not a trophy” or “The wolf should stay.” The wolf was fished out of the Inner Alster by the police at that point. (jve, dpa)
Sources used: dpa
