Animals - Four dead sheep and one goat killed after wolf attacks
Four wolves recently killed a total of four sheep and one goat in Hesse. The three attacks in November 2023 were detected in the districts of Fulda, Lahn-Dill and Rheingau-Taunus, as announced by the Hesse Wolf Center at the State Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology (HLNUG) in Wiesbaden on Thursday. Wolf DNA was recovered in all cases. Another sheep is considered missing. In two cases, the animals were not sufficiently protected, according to HLNUG.
The identity of the individual wolves was verified by the Senckenberg Center for Wildlife Genetics in Gelnhausen (Main-Kinzig district). The pair of wolves in the district of Fulda have already attacked livestock on several occasions. According to HLNUG, the female wolf in the Rheingau-Taunus district is a descendant of a pair of wolves from the Rüdesheim territory. The female wolf in the Lahn-Dill district has been considered sedentary there since 2022/2023.
Livestock farmers throughout Hesse should expect wolves to pass through at any time. The Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen advises on herd protection measures such as electric fences. According to the HLNUG, livestock farmers are also entitled to financial compensation if a farm animal is demonstrably harmed by a wolf.
For more than a century and a half, wolves were thought to be extinct in Hesse. In the meantime, the animals have re-established themselves in the region - to the annoyance of grazing livestock farmers.
Press release HLNUG Information on livestock protection, Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen
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- The re-emergence of wolves in Hesse has led to challenges for agrarian communities, as demonstrated by the recent wolf attacks in Fulda, Lahn-Dill, and Rheingau-Taunus districts, which resulted in the death of four sheep and one goat.
- The Senckenberg Center for Wildlife Genetics in Gelnhausen helped identify the individual wolves responsible for the attacks in Hesse, confirming that the pair in Fulda have a history of livestock attacks.
- Livestock farmers in Hesse are urged to take measures to protect their animals from wolves, including the use of electric fences, as recommended by the Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen.
- Financial compensation is available for livestock farmers in Hesse whose animals are demonstrably harmed by wolves, according to the Hesse State Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology (HLNUG).
- In an effort to mitigate conflicts between wolves and livestock farmers, the HLNUG provides information on livestock protection measures, aiming to promote coexistence between humans and these wild animals in the environment of Hesse.
Source: www.stern.de
