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Authorized Hunt Begins for Gold Jackal on Sylt

The permit runs through July to halt the jackal’s lamb attacks under Schleswig-Holstein’s species protection exception.

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Overview

  • Known for surplus killing, the gold jackal has killed around 90 sheep and lambs on Sylt since May 19.
  • Schleswig-Holstein’s Landesamt für Umwelt granted a species protection exception permit on June 5 allowing hunters to shoot the animal until July 31.
  • About 20 to 30 licensed hunters are actively searching Sylt’s fields to carry out what would be the first government-sanctioned killing of a gold jackal in Germany.
  • The WWF has challenged the permit’s justification, saying there is no robust evidence of negative impacts on ground-nesting birds or coastal dike protection.
  • Genetic tests and camera footage confirmed the predator as a gold jackal that likely reached the island via the Hindenburgdamm land connection.