Fourth fatal traffic accident: run over again by Wolf in Bavaria
Created: 02/11/2022 10:02 am
By: Katarina Amtmann
A wolf was killed in an accident (symbol image).
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It is the fourth fatal accident in less than a year: Another wolf died in a traffic accident in Bavaria.
Munich – It is the fourth fatal accident within a year: a wolf has been run over again in Bavaria.
This was announced by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment.
Accordingly, the traffic police in Amberg reported the discovery of a dead wolf-like animal on the A6 near Leuchtenberg (Neustadt an der Waldnaab district) on January 30th.
According to the results of the genetic analysis, it is a young female wolf from the Veldenstein Forest.
The animal is being examined at the Leibnitz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin.
This is considered the nationwide reference point for the investigation of dead wolves.
“
The standardized examinations include computer tomography and dissection of the animal body as well as evaluations of histology, parasitology, virology and bacteriology
", the press release continues.
Four wolves died in traffic accidents in Bavaria
In the monitoring year 2021/2022, which runs from May to April, four wolves have died in a traffic accident in Bavaria.
December 1, 2021 (Neustadt an der Waldnaab): Run over a male wolf
December 5, 2021 (Nuremberg Landkreis): Female young wolf found dead on train tracks
December 13, 2021: Male wolf killed in road accident
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The Bavarian State Office for the Environment also reports: “
Wolves, like other wild animals, can be involved in traffic accidents.
As with any accident involving wildlife,
the police must be notified
."
Furthermore, individual wolves can migrate to or through at any time, both from north-eastern Germany and from the Alps.
Juveniles migrate long distances at sexual maturity in search of their own territory
.”
A wolf was recently run over in the Czech Republic.
Previously, the animal had kept people in Upper Bavaria in suspense for a long time.
He had torn several livestock.
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