Overview
- Hamburg’s environment authority says the tracked young male is now more than 100 kilometers south of the city and is withholding exact coordinates to protect the animal.
- The wolf was captured by police in the Binnenalster after it ran through central Hamburg and injured a woman in Altona.
- After care at the Sachsenhagen wildlife rescue center in Lower Saxony, officials fitted a satellite collar and released the animal at Hamburg’s southern border because the law barred captivity or killing.
- Authorities report the wolf is behaving typically for its species, and its movements are monitored through the Life Wild Wolf tracking program shared across state lines.
- Lower Saxony’s state parliament is examining the handling of the case, with CDU lawmakers asking why the state backed the release and who would be responsible if another attack occurred.