Overview
- Radiology and autopsy by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research found no traces of shooting, concluding the juveniles died from numerous bite injuries.
- The two female wolf carcasses were discovered on consecutive days near Wiednitz and Leippe in the Hoyerswerda area, about five kilometers apart.
- Saxony’s environment agency said the injuries are consistent with a fight and constitute natural mortality, overturning initial police suspicion of illegal shooting.
- Authorities await genetic analyses of the bite material to determine if the attackers were wolves from a neighboring pack or domestic dogs.
- Strictly protected under EU law, wolves have been the focus of regional tension after documented illegal killings in recent years, though officials report no evidence of organized hunts in these cases.