US EditionWolf Bites Woman in Shock German Attack in Hamburg Shopping Street
The young wolf, likely disoriented and searching for territory, bit a woman who was later discharged from hospital, marking the first known wolf attack in Germany since 1998.
- On Monday, a wolf bit a woman in a shopping area near the Altona station in Hamburg before police captured the animal in the Binnenalster lake late that evening.
- Experts believe a young wolf searching for territory wandered into the city, where the unusual urban environment is stressful; officials believe it was the same wolf sighted in Blankenese over the weekend.
- Germany's Federal Agency for Nature Conservation reported this is the first known attack on a person since wolves returned to the country in 1998 after a 150-year absence.
- The woman was taken to a Hamburg hospital, though police provided no immediate details on her condition; the wolf was moved to an enclosure on the city outskirts.
- Wolf attacks on livestock have been a growing concern; last week, the German parliament approved legislation to simplify shooting wolves that threaten livestock, while the European Parliament voted to change wolves' status to 'protected.
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A wolf violently attacked a lady in Germany, in the middle of the city. This is the first time that an attack on a human has taken place since the wolf was reintroduced into the country. ...
In Germany, a wolf has attacked a human for the first time in decades. This did not happen in a forest, on the heath, or in a meadow, but in Hamburg. The victim, a woman, was walking in a shopping street in the Altona district last night when the animal attacked her. According to regional broadcaster NDR, she tried to lead the animal out of the shopping area, whereupon it bit her in the face and ran off. The woman was treated on the spot by para…
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