German authorities release wolf after attack on woman

A wolf held in captivity after apparently attacking a woman was released with a transmitter, the environmental authority in the northern German city of Hamburg said.

The young male animal was released at an undisclosed location on Sunday.

“With the rewilding of this wolf, we have now found a legally safe solution that takes into account human safety and animal welfare,” said City Environment Senator Katharina Fegebank. he said.

Thanks to the transmitter, the hunter can now intervene if the wolf comes close to human settlement, he said.

The wolf was first seen in Hamburg at the end of March.

On Monday evening, March 30, he entered a shopping mall in the Altona district of the city and bit a woman aged approximately 60.

He then walked through the city and jumped into the Inner Alster lake, where police caught him.

While Fegebank’s ministry claims that the wolf bit the woman in a panic as she tried to free her from the arcade’s automatic glass doors, others point to evidence from an eyewitness who said the wolf jumped on the woman but did not bite her.

On Sunday, approximately 100 people gathered at the spot where the wolf was captured and pressured the wolf to be released.