A severed wolf's head was discovered by passers-by on Friday (April 7).
The police are now examining the connection with a find from March.
Leiferde - It was only in March that a scary wolf discovery caused a stir, now the police are reporting another mysterious sighting.
As the police explained on Saturday, a completely severed wolf's head was discovered in Lower Saxony in the Gifhorn district.
The animal's head is currently being examined together with a wolf advisor.
Whether there is a connection with the discovery of a wolf on March 23, but without a head at the time, is currently being examined.
In the case of the first find in March, also in the Gifhorn district, investigations into poaching are already underway.
Passers-by report find: Severed wolf's head discovered in Lower Saxony
As the police further confirmed, passers-by discovered the animal's head on Friday in the area of the Nabu species protection center in Leiferde.
As the
dpa
reports, pictures on the Instagram platform show the animal head lying on the street with a mouth opened by a stick.
A police spokesman confirmed that these are real images.
The background is still unclear.
Incidents involving wolves occur again and again in Lower Saxony.
A wolf raged in Friedeburg (East Friesland) and killed 20 sheep.
An incident also happened in Hesse: a wolf killed a whole flock of sheep.
All the lifeless animals could be found, but there was no trace of one.
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