Environment - Wolf expert: Death of cubs is completely normal
The only known wolf pup in Baden-Württemberg has been run over - but according to an expert, a pack of wolves may soon be roaming the southern Black Forest again. "With young mothers, it often happens that the first litter is not so big. I therefore expect more pups to be born next year," Micha Herdtfelder from the Wildlife Institute of the Forest Research Institute in Freiburg told the Heilbronner Stimme newspaper about the pair of wolves at Schluchsee. According to him, the pair will also remain in the area in the southern Black Forest. "The loss of the pup is no reason for the parents to change their location."
The death of pups is something completely normal, according to wolf expert Herdtfelder. More than 50 percent of wolves never reach adulthood. Some die unnoticed from diseases in the first few weeks. As soon as they become more mobile, the danger from road and rail traffic increases.
The only known wolf pup in Baden-Württemberg was hit by a car at Schluchsee on Monday and died. The south-west thus lost its first wolf pack, as this includes offspring as well as a pair. The pup had only been detected at the end of July 2023 by a photo trap operated by the Forest Research and Testing Institute. It was the first wolf offspring in the southwest for around 150 years. The wolf had been considered extinct in Baden-Württemberg since 1866.
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- Despite the loss of their pup, the wolf pair in the southern Black Forest, as identified in Freiburg by Micha Herdtfelder, is expected to expand their pack next year due to the survival rate of young wolves being low.
- Thankfully, the death of the only known wolf pup in Baden-Württemberg at Schluchsee did not cause the wolf parents to abandon their territory in the southern Black Forest.
- The Wolf Institute of the Forest Research Institute in Freiburg, led by expert Micha Herdtfelder, has been closely monitoring the pair of wolves in the southern Black Forest, a significant addition to the wildlife in Baden-Württemberg, which was considered to have no wolves since 1866.
- While the death of young wolf pups in wolf packs is relatively common, it's crucial for drivers to remain aware and careful in the Southern Black Forest to help secure the survival of this newly-established wolf population in Baden-Württemberg.
Source: www.stern.de
