The wolf that bit a woman in Hamburg’s face at the end of March has been released. The Hamburg environmental authority announced this on Monday. The animal was equipped with a transmitter and released as part of a cross-regional wolf project, where it is now under intensive monitoring.
Environmental Secretary Katharina Fegebank (Greens) described the release as a “trial period release”. The wolf’s location will be continually tracked, allowing hunters to intervene quickly if the animal approaches a settlement again in an emergency. Other options, such as keeping it in an enclosure or euthanizing it, were deemed legally or practically unfeasible.
The wolf had become stressed after multiple sightings between March 28th and March 30th in Klein Flottbek, leading to an incident where a woman was injured in the Große Bergstraße. Following its capture at the Binnenalster, it was initially transported to a wildlife rescue station in Lower Saxony.
