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Worried: Josef Dold is worried about his brown mountain sheep.
In April they should go out to pasture.
© STefan Schweihofer
After the attack not far from his pastures, mountain sheep farmer Josef Dold from Valley is worried.
His animals are still in the stable, but they should be out in April.
Is that too dangerous?
Valley – Since it became clear that a wolf killed the sheep in Großhelferdorf (we reported), Josef Dold has been worried.
“Grosshelferdorf is only about a kilometer away from us as the crow flies,” says the mountain sheep breeder.
The Dold family keeps 220 animals on their farm in the Valley district of Grub, including 60 lambs.
The company has been caring for the animals with a lot of expertise and passion for almost 30 years.
Josef Dold recently took over the part-time business from his father Anton.
The family is a well-rehearsed team.
While Josef Dold is responsible for the farm, his brother Michael, a butcher, takes care of processing and marketing the meat from brown mountain sheep, a rare breed.
Bottles for weak lambs
Mama Marianne Dold even uses a bottle to nurture lambs that are too weak to drink from their mother.
The Dolds also process the wool.
This produces organic fertilizer in the form of pellets, because the rough wool of the brown mountain sheep is not suitable for making hats, scarves or sweaters.
Now the Dolds are worried that their herd could fall victim to the wolf.
“I wonder if the wolf is still there,” says Josef Dold.
The sheep are currently still in the stable.
But in April they should go out to pasture.
“If there is another incident, I have to leave the sheep in the stable, they are just too good for me,” says the 34-year-old.
According to Dold, a sheep costs around 250 euros.
There is no insurance in the event of a wolf attack; Dold has already found out about this.
In addition, the breeder has already thought about how the sheep can be protected.
“No fence offers 100 percent protection from wolves,” he says, “that’s what we saw in Großhelferdorf.” He knows the affected sheep farmer, Michael Riesenberger, well.
The wolf had overcome the 1.80 meter high wire mesh fence that Riesenberger used to protect his herd.
“A three meter high fence is not practical.”
Politics must ensure protection
Dold now sees politicians as having a duty to create conditions under which grazing livestock farmers can work.
“The wolf has no place in southern Bavaria,” he is convinced.
The region is too densely populated and cultivated.
“Basically it can only wander from town to town.” Dold now hopes that the predator has moved on.
“We are very vigilant,” he says.
Gene analysis confirms suspicion
As reported, the State Office for the Environment (LfU) had confirmed through genetic analysis that a male wolf from the Alpine population had killed the three sheep in the paddock in Großhelpendorf near Aying (Munich district).
The animal was also recorded with a number so that the LfU can identify the wolf in the event of a new incident.
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