Seven wild animals were killed in an attack in Bavaria.
Traces probably indicate one or more wolves.
Samples are now analyzed.
Bayreuth - Seven animals were killed in an attack in a game reserve in Betzenstein (Bayreuth district).
The tracks indicate one or more wolves, as the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) announced on Monday.
Experts have now examined the enclosure and taken genetic samples.
Analysis of the samples will show whether it was actually a wolf attack.
Man finds seven wild animals dead in their enclosure: was it a wolf?
On Saturday, a wildlife owner found three red deer and four wild sheep dead in their enclosure.
Some animals escaped in the attack.
Experts suspect that wolves from the pack in the Veldenstein Forest invaded the enclosure.
The enclosure was not specially protected against wolves, as a spokeswoman for the authority emphasized.
The owner also did not apply for a special fence, although the material and installation costs in the area are usually completely covered by the authorities.
Should a wolf actually have killed the animals, the Free State will also compensate the costs for the damage.
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Wolves in Bavaria - animals are detected almost every week
In eight regions in the Free State there are location-based wolves, or wolf packs.
Almost every week, individual wolves are also detected elsewhere - most recently at the beginning of February in the districts of Amberg-Sulzbach and Neustadt an der Waldnaab.
According to the LfU, these are mostly migrating animals that have left their parental packs and are looking for their own area.
The detection of young animals in the Bavarian Forest is putting politicians under pressure.
Many questions have not been clarified in Bavaria.
Conservationists and associations are now calling for actions instead of words.
