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An Innviertler made an extraordinary find at the weekend in the Sauwald community of Münzkirchen (Schärding district). The farmer found the corpse of a dead wolf in one of his fields. It is still unclear where the animal came from. Wolves have not been native to Innviertel for decades.
“The find is really unusual”
“The find is really unusual. There have been no wolves in the area for 100 years,” says Franz Konrad Stadler, a hunter from the Schärding district. After the farmer informed a hunter, he also called the representative of the Upper Austrian state wolves. Now it seems clear that the wolf must have been hit by a car on Thursday or Friday and then crawled about 250 meters into the field. Then he died there. A wildlife accident has yet to be reported in the area.
“The wolf should be around a year old and weigh around 50 kilograms. Where it came from in Innviertel now the experts need to clarify,” says the hunter from the Schärdingen district. The corpse was handed over to the Veterinary University of Vienna to clarify where the wolf could have come from. “A DNA sample was taken from the animal. When the result of the analysis is available, we will know more,” says Stadler.
There are few wolves left in the country
“With only 30 to 35 individuals, the wolf is the rarest domestic mammal. Therefore, every dead animal is a painful loss. Austria’s road network is the densest in Europe. It cuts down valuable habitats and is a constant danger. for wild animals. On average, it takes everyone in this country seven minutes for a wildlife accident, “said Christian Pichler, a wolf expert at the environmental association WWF Austria, in a statement.
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Bianka eichinger
Local editor Innviertel
