Wolf sighting in the Weilheim-Schongau district confirmed

Created: 07/01/2022, 17:00

By: Manuela Schmid

The European wolf is under protection, but it worries farmers (symbolic photo).

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A young wolf has been wandering the region for more than a week now.

Apparently he came from Birkland before moving to Apfeldorf and now further towards Landsberg.

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– The experts agree: It is indeed a wolf that wanders through here.

The Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) in Augsburg has already included the animal in the wolf monitoring that is published on the Internet.

The wolf has already been spotted in several places: first in Birkland, then at the Klafthof near Apfeldorf, at the Riedhof (between Rott and Apfeldorf) - and finally in Apfeldorfhausen in an open field near the roundabout in the direction of Reichling.

There he stood not far from the road and was even filmed before he apparently moved on towards Reichling – and was seen again in Stoffen a few days later.

He was already in Pitzling in the middle of this week - this is where he was last seen.

The State Office for the Environment has two clear wolf photos: "In coordination with the experts from the Federal Documentation and Advice Center on the subject of wolves (DBBW), a wolf could be confirmed in both photos," said the State Office on request.

A wolf roamed the area last year

It is probably a young wolf that has left its pack.

Hunter Heinrich Keller, through whose hunting ground “Apfeldorf I” the wolf roamed, also suspects this.

The hunter says he did not see the wolf himself, but the photo evidence is clear.

He wasn't surprised: "A wolf was allegedly seen near the Wessobrunn Forest a year ago," he says.

Where the wolf came from cannot be proven, since no genetic material is available.

The gender is also not visible in the photos.

Keller is more likely to assume a male cub.

Especially young males looking for their own territory

The State Office for the Environment stated: "Individual wolves can migrate to or through Bavaria - both from north-eastern Germany and from Poland and the Alps.

Young males in particular wander very long distances of 50 to 70 kilometers or more a day in search of their own territory.”

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The State Office for the Environment appeases the potential danger for people walking in the forest: “Wolves are cautious by nature and avoid people.

In individual cases, young animals in particular can be inexperienced and curious towards humans.

However, this does not pose a threat to humans. Since the renewed presence of wolves in Germany, there have been no attacks on humans by wolves”.