He came across a wolf while walking in the forest. He chased the beast away with a shout.

A practically eye-to-eye encounter with a wolf. In the Šumava Mountains, the beast approached a young man from Horní Vltavice in the Prachatice region by just a few meters. According to experts, such cases are very rare. The animal was not aggressive, but conservationists will now monitor the area.

For years many wild animals such as beaver, wolf and lynx were considered extinct in NRW. Now some species settle down again. Not all are happy about the success for the species protection.