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The predator is roaming the Zurich Oberland. Livestock owners have been alerted by SMS.
The first and last sighting of the wolf – in the Bäretswil forest
Image: Canton of Zurich Building Department
An automated wildlife camera was activated in the Zurich Oberland on Friday night. The photo taken shortly after 6 pm shows: There is a wolf in the region.
The fishing and hunting administration informed the ranchers on Saturdayindoor and farm animal holdings in the canton through the SMS information service on the possible presence of wolves. Then they should take the necessary precautions to protect your animals.
Since the recording is missing in Wolf however, again every trace, as the address of the Zurich building writes in a message. It is not known if the animal is currently in the area. Wolves can cover very great distances in a short period of time.. According to experts, 50 to 80 kilometers in one night is not uncommon.
As the building management writes, the wolf does not pose a threat to the population. “The wolf is a shy animal that avoids people.” TO one Encounters, however, should definitely keep their distance and retreat. Dogs must be on a leash and observations must be reported to the fishing and hunting authorities.
Dead sheep in Niederweningen
Wolf sightings have occurred in the canton of Zurich for several years. L.Last November, five sheep were found in a meadow in Niederweningen in Zurich Unterland. Was it a wolf? Experts from the cantonal police, the Zurich Forensic Institute and the cantonal hunting and fishing administration secured the fingerprints at the scene and took DNA samples. There was no clear result. But: “The tracks that were found in the Niederweningen pastures at that time clearly indicate a wolf”, criedmeb the Canton.
A few days after the dead sheep in Niederweningen, seelater found Northyou 25 Weightmehave andntfernt bDo not Waldshut-Tiengen Further away three shattered sheep. As the Aargau Newspaper reports hatme mein Qualificationwolf killed them. Its presence has been genetically tested.
Wolves kill 300 to 500 animals a year
Since the wolf returned to Switzerland 25 years ago, its population has steadily increased. According to the Federal Office for the Environment, around 80 animals currently live in Switzerland. Since the first package was formed in 2012, the Bmultiplied by eight.
The wolf is used by ranchers in the Alps and rangers. but increasingly a challenge. Animals are smart, they can do it, oneself Kill farm animals that are protected in herd and with electric fences. Wolves injure or kill between 300 and 500 sheep and goats each year.
Animals must be brought to the barn at night.
Urs Philipp, chief hunter and fisherman for the canton of Zurich, recently said that the NZZthat more and more wild animals have returned to the canton of Zurich over the last decade. There are now six to seven wolf packs in the canton of Graubünden, with one or two added each year. It has also formed in the Glarus region. In the area between Appenzell and the Rhine Valley of St. Gallen, there are said to be three animals on the move. The road to packet formation is no longer far.
Philipp said that local sheep farmers must be prepared for the fact that they must better protect their animals. At night, the animals must be brought to the stable.
