Eschwege: Wolf surprisingly spotted in the city area!

Eschwege: Wolf surprisingly spotted in the city area!

On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, there was a remarkable wolf seal in Eschwege, Hesse. Shortly before 7 a.m., when the Werraland employee Sabine L. drove to work, a wolf crossed Heubergstrasse. It was significantly larger than a German Shepherd and had the typical gray -brown fur. This reports Merkur .

Sabine L. discovered the animal, which came from a bushes about six meters long. After her sighting, she first informed a colleague who immediately contacted the Hubertus hunting club and a private information network for wolves. The Werraland workshop management was also informed about the sighting, since around 400 impaired people and around 100 employees work in the Werraland workshops.

environment and incidents

The same morning, around 5:30 a.m., there was already an indication that a wolf was nearby. A walker noticed that her Labrador suddenly reacted excited when she was traveling in the area, where Sabine L. saw the wolf. In recent years there have been always sightings of wolves in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis region, including places such as Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Hornel, Ellingerode and Bebra.

The Wolfszentrum Hessen (WZH), which was founded in 2021, plays a crucial role in the morpgungenz. After switching to the state company Hessenforst, the WZH coordinates the Hessian wolf monitoring, including the assessment of livestock damage. Thanks to over 90 official and volunteer wolf consultants, the center supports the transfer of knowledge within the state administration and with affected associations as well as research institutions (see Wolfszentrum Hessen ).

wolf deposits in Germany

The general wolf deposit in Germany focuses mainly on regions such as Saxony, Brandenburg and Lower Saxony, whereby wolf territories were also detected in Hesse. Numbers for wolf grooves show that a total of 184 packs, 47 wolf pairs and 22 sedentary single wolves were found in the monitoring year 2022/2023. 52 packs were particularly counted in Brandenburg, followed by 39 in Lower Saxony and 38 in Saxony. The long -term retention of wolves in Germany depends on the stability of adults, reproductive populations. This reports Federal Office for Nature Conservation .

In the last monitoring year, 1339 wolf individuals were demonstrated, with traffic accidents being identified as the most common cause of death. In the monitoring year 2022/2023, 125 animals lost their lives through accidents. The continuous observation of these animals is crucial for understanding their behavior and interaction with human settlements as well as for the protection of humans and animals in the affected areas.